Word: smoothed
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Movies used to sail on charm. Gorgeous stars would purr their smooth patter, smile their way out of embarrassing entanglements and seal their conquest of a co-star--and a worldwide audience--with a kiss. Today that sounds So Old, but it was the standard for a half-century. Once in a while a director makes a movie that tries to recapture that warm feeling. It's harder than it looks, as a couple of new films prove...
Snow has the smooth, slightly exaggerated features of a television news anchor and, of course, he was one. He was the original host of Fox News Sunday. He was editor of the conservative Washington Times editorial page. He filled in regularly for Rush Limbaugh. Then he walked away from a $1.7 million contract with Fox News to become the most famous White House press secretary in history. Even in the White House's West Wing, where restrictions on visitors ensure that no one is just a tourist, his appearance in the hallway can elicit a bubble of giggly Beatlemania...
...Crimson women also performed well in sabre, with four fencers placing in the top fifteen. Juniors Sarah Parker and Carolyn Wright, who had the difficult task of facing each other in the first round of direct elimination, finished No. 4 and No. 14, respectively. Freshman Eva Rosenberg made a smooth transition to collegiate fencing, finishing No. 5. “It was really good to get to know the team and get comfortable,” Rosenberg said. As the team settles in, incorporating its young members, it appears ready to pose as much of a threat to opponents...
While voters may remain suspicious of the smooth-talking politicians on the national stage who make big promises to hide their ulterior motives, this undergraduate class of political activists has proven to be sincere in their campaign efforts. Harvard students in both the Dems and the HRC find fuel for their fire in a desire to actually make a change on a larger scale, rather than merely booking their schedules with resume-padding activities. Each race, no matter what the pre-election polls report, can be lost, leaving volunteers who have given everything with absolutely nothing to show...
...negotiations with the foreign firms were not always smooth. Morales' first hydrocarbons minister resigned; the president of the state energy company was removed in the midst of corruption allegations; official talks didn't begin until September; and Petrobras, the Brazilian energy giant, threatened to walk away from the table at the last minute. "The companies were always going to comply with their 20-year contracts," says Yussef Akly, spokesperson for Hydrocarbons Chamber, an association of over 100 gas and oil companies operating in Bolivia. "But it's the question of investment. Bolivia's move generated conditions that could have...