Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After outfitting the moon, engineers will polish it to reduce friction in flight until it resembles the silvery "gazing globes" that decorate many American lawns. "The moon," says B. & P. President E. Howard Perkins, "will be utterly smooth and mirror-bright...
Grease-to make an exceptionally smooth landing...
...first ever to take 19 in a Test match, Jim Laker had accomplished roughly the equivalent of pitching a no-hit game in the World Series. And almost singlehanded he had kept the Ashes, symbol of international cricket supremacy, in England. ¶ On Utah's glaring, glass-smooth salt flats, Germany's Wilhelm Herz wasted one lap when timing equipment failed, still got the last whisper of speed out of his streamlined NSU motorcycle. His 500 cc. engine churning up to 8,000 r.p.m., Herz whooshed back and forth on the measured mile at an average 210 m.p.h...
Both houses, working in smooth conjunction...
...Swimmers," the report advises, "should retain all clothing, particularly their shoes. The evidence shows that among groups of men, the partly unclad are attacked first, and usually in the feet ... As aimless splashing will attract sharks, swimming motions should be smooth and easy. Slow, coordinated strokes that keep the swimmer riding horizontally on the surface where he offers a difficult target are the safest...