Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some 3,000 ft. below the surface of the Atlantic, off the northern coast of Florida, the creature peered inquisitively through the dark and murky waters, groping for the ocean bottom. Sweeping its searchlight back and forth like a baleful eye, it spotted a smooth black surface below. Touching down gently, it began to creep along on wheels, stopping occasionally to pick up chunks of black rock with its two 9-ft. arms. Finally, it slowly rose to the surface, its mission accomplished and its curiosity temporarily satisfied...
...Harvard student put it differently. "Lowenstein is a politician; he's just too smooth. I don't like it." There are many...
Away from Consensus. At the moment, Johnson can hardly consider himself entrenched. The dump L.B.J. Democrats stand to his left, Alabama's George Wallace to his right, and a newly vigorous G.O.P. dead ahead. He has allowed the Democratic National Committee's once smooth machinery to rust. Indeed, whereas Lincoln's Cabinet complained that he carried his files around in the sweatband of his stovepipe hat, Johnson tries to carry the whole Democratic Party in his inside coat pocket. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara will soon be leaving him, and a debilitating exodus of top officials could follow...
...Whiteman arrived at a sweet and golden middle road that pleased audiences everywhere-on million-seller records (Whispering), radio, TV, nightclubs and the concert stage. He took chances on new music (Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue) and new musicians (Tommy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden), but his staple was rich, smooth orchestration that kept his foot-long baton in motion until 1961, when he retired to his Bucks County home, Coda, so named for the last few bars on a musical score...
Experience should smooth the rough edges off Bradley's passing and play making. After the second Detroit game, the Pistons' Dave Bing, currently tops in the league with a 28-point average, said that Bradley "is a better shooter than I am, but he's always looking for the open man. He's always passing off instead of popping it in himself...