Word: smoothed
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...respect he is similar to a long line of Dixie Democrats: he is such a fan of the military that aides boast there is not a single major weapons system for which he did not vote money during his 14 years as a Congressman. Breaux, a smooth-talking, good-looking Cajun, is a campaigner of the old shoe- leather school. His election to replace retiring Democratic Senator Russell Long came after a 19-month drive during which he sometimes scheduled as many as a dozen events a day. Says the 42-year-old Breaux: "I love campaigning...
Together Fusco, Smith and MacDonald made up the Firing Line, one of the most potent lines in Crimson history. They entertained and delighted crowds with their fast skating and hard shots. They foiled opposing defenses with their smooth passes...
...country, reflect four distinct personal styles and stand for four divergent political traditions. Their total years in the nation's service come to 128, and with their retirement this year, they are each closing a chapter in the history of Congress. Russell Long of Louisiana is the sharp, smooth-talking, back-room Senate insider; Barry Goldwater is the quixotic loner whose conservatism was ahead of its time; Charles McC. Mathias of Maryland is one of the last of the moderate, progressive Republicans; and Tip O'Neill, the Massachusetts Representative and Speaker of the House, is the embodiment of traditional liberalism...
...Sept. 19, the N.Y.S.E. experimented with a procedure of informing the trading floor half an hour before closing of the major holdings at that time in the stocks that compose the Dow. The aim was to allow counterpositions to be built up by competing traders, and thereby smooth some of the program-trading swings. The SEC hopes to repeat the experiment in December. The problem, though, is that the times when the market gyrations will take place are almost impossible to predict...
Although one might expect a craft museum to be a kind of citified log cabin with rough walls and hand-hewn doors, the touches here are smooth and understated. With the exception of Furnituremaker James Schriber, creator of the austere maple reception desk, craftsmen were not invited to contribute because, officials felt, their ornamentation might detract from the objects on view. The very presence of the museum, however, adds fuel to a long- standing argument. Its large plate-glass windows offer a tantalizing glimpse of the Museum of Modern Art's new west wing across the street. What is craft...