Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what I can to smooth the wheels for this," Moore said...
...yoga breathing--Nunez limns Nona's search for self with some impressively elegant writing, which gives this book its true appeal. Of the love letters Nona receives, Nunez writes, "They were carried away not by love but by the vocabulary of love, the adjectives and verbs of love, one smooth golden word following another, like honey dripping from a spoon." For the most part, Nunez's prose flows just as fluidly...
...stuck in a formula of hemming and hawing over the kids, whether for or against their existence. A late outburst by Ruth about her friends' disrespect of her seems almost an afterthought, and the wrap-up scene, new baby included and old babies rejuvenated, is played with such a smooth resolution, such a return to levity, that we feel vaguely cheated...
With no Republican challenger in sight and a 94 percent Democratic electoral base, Alice K. Wolf, the 27th Middlesex District's Democratic nominee for state representative, is assured smooth sailing to Beacon Hill...
...shameful for the President to be manipulated like a puppet and in turn bamboozle this great country? How instructive for the gullible voter to see the way smooth talkers, fast operators and spin controllers are trying to win the election at any cost. YOAN ZAIFER Pompano Beach, Florida...