Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...floor. "I have something to say," he squeaked, "so I'll talk first." he was going to visit Canada, Britain, the Vatican, the Continent and the U.S. (for one quick stopover, then a formal visit in November), to win good will and loans for Japan, expand trade, smooth out some misgivings, and "thank" the U.S.-and especially General Douglas MacArthur-for helping Japan rise from defeat...
...House of Representatives unanimously passed a protest resolution. Victoria and Vancouver newspapers took up the case and began raking the school officials. Shawnigan's governors pleaded a misunderstanding; they decided to invite Dorothy and her father to come to British Columbia at the school's expense to smooth over the affair. Canada's retiring Ambassador to Japan, R. W. Mayhew, offered to let the Hewitts live in his home. A Victoria company cabled offering her fare to Victoria...
...bottoms of the deep oceans were once believed to be smooth, but modern sounding gear has found all sorts of irregularities. Certain great areas, however, are almost as level as the water surface above them, and the origin of these smooth "abyssal plains" is something of a mystery. Many theories about them have been proposed, including the easy explanation that the plains are smooth because nothing ever happened to make them otherwise...
...racing news. In the predictable tensions of the novelette-a middle-aged headmaster takes a teen-age cousin into his home, over the jealous opposition of his elegant, childless wife-Author Taylor finds unpredictable perceptions. The prose is studded with jeweled vignettes, e.g., the school matron: "As smooth as minnows were Mrs. Lancaster's phrases of welcome; she had soothed so many mothers, mothered so many boys. Her words swam all one way in unison, but her heart never moved." Several of the short stories are little more than finger exercises. But they are done by fingers as quick...
...Among real outboard fans, it is not unusual to hitch up two motors astern for added speed and maneuverability. Another stimulant to the boom has been the creation of man-made lakes and waterways in Southern states where boating has become a year-round sport, thus helping to smooth out the seasonal peaks and valleys of the industry...