Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rubbed his smooth scalp and paused
Thus, it came as no surprise when the White House finally announced that Casey, 73, would step down from the post he had held since 1981. To smooth the departure, he was designated a special counselor to the President. Reagan's 1980 campaign manager and close friend will assume the new duties when he feels well enough...
...desire for a smooth transition also seemed to be a factor in choosing the new Director of Central Intelligence: Robert Gates, a 20-year CIA veteran and Casey protege who has been running the agency since Casey was hospitalized. Gates, who at 43 is the youngest Director ever named, is expected to help restore the CIA's public image and repair its damaged relations with Congress. Says former CIA Director Richard Helms: "They wanted...
...must literally act to save her own life, Steenburgen finds a few shadings in each caricature. But the script (by Marc Shmuger and Mark Malone) begins with intrigue, caroms into implausibility and finally sinks the film. Dead of Winter is like an all-frills flight: good service and a smooth ride, but at the end you find you've gone nowhere...
Still in the picture was the tough play of Harvard freshman big man Malcom Hollensteiner, who filled a season-high nine minutes with quality play. Still, there was Co-Captain Arne Duncan's 20-points-worth of smooth shooting, Tedd Evers' 17 as he fearlessly threw himself at the Duke tall trees time and again, and Kyle Dodson...