Word: smoothed
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Though Gordon wishes to see a smooth transition into a new general education curriculum, he said he is otherwise “not coming in with a particular set of goals and concerns...
...there's also a disadvantage. The post-author approach gives The 39 Clues a synthetic, focus-grouped quality. It's nothing you can easily point to. It's just the absence of anything risky or anything strange. The Maze of Bones is scrupulously smooth and generic and meticulously calculated to appeal to everyone and offend no one. As the product of a corporate hivemind, it isn't stamped with the signature quirks of a single distinctive authorial sensibility. If it were a baby it wouldn't have a belly button...
...mission ever since to keep the investigation into Julie's murder alive. He has visited the crime scene more than 100 times, and spent nearly $4 million of his own money searching for clues. Ward has always maintained that British authorities have actively thwarted his investigations because they placed smooth relations with the Kenyan government above the search for justice. Beyond a few sympathetic newspaper profiles, however, his allegations have been largely dismissed as the obsessions of a grief-stricken father...
...CHOPIN Call it alcohol alchemy. This talented firm of Polish distillers has perfected the art of transmuting the humble potato into a super-smooth and creamy drink. It's an excellent body warmer, ideal for downing after a day on the ski slopes. ($60; www.chopinvodka.com...
...Anwar's ambitions are about much more than just his own political future. Though a small tropical nation, Malaysia has served as a role model in a region often gripped by authoritarianism and riven by factional strife. It has a proud tradition of electoral politics, relatively smooth transfers of power and an ability to achieve social harmony despite its racial and religious diversity...