Word: smoothed
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Hard-shell bags offer additional protection to fragile belongings and any containers of liquids that you were forced to check. Japanese designer Hideo Wakamatsu's brightly colored scratch-resistant trolley cases ($200-$300) feature smooth magnetic locks and four soft, silent polyurethane wheels recessed into the frame to avoid damage in transit. For travelers with nothing to hide, his Skeleton trolley ($400) is made of superstrong, see-through thermoplastic framed in anodized aluminum...
...victims of priestly sexual offenders. But, as the film observes, the church has not openly addressed the problem they present in any substantial way. And we are left angrily wondering whether there is anything, beyond payoffs, that can be done about this situation. You need only watch the smooth and civilized O?Grady, cracking little jokes as he fences with a lawyer, to understand that a few sessions with a shrink are not going to deliver anyone from the evil he represents. Included herein are the ritual appeals for an end to the celibate priesthood, but that?s not going...
...student teacher before eventually serving a six-year stint as a dean. Saheed says he has “a great deal of experience with the students and families in this community”—and that has made his transition from dean to principal smooth, at least so far. He’s a Harvard man as well. Saheed holds a master’s degree in education administration from the Graduate School of Education and an advanced degree from Harvard in administration, planning, and social policy.Harvard won’t be the only school within steps...
...next door to a mini-mall--but behind it is an enterprise that earns in the neighborhood of $20 million annually. Its sole asset fits in a comfy chair at a red-leather-covered conference table. The asset is good-natured and at ease with himself. With his smooth Southern accent, listening to him talk is like sniffing bourbon...
...Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his counterparts in Beijing and Seoul. The test reportedly occurred as Abe was flying over the Korean peninsula, on his way from Beijing, where he spent Sunday, to Seoul. Yet in the short term, Pyongyang's provocation may have actually served to smooth the summits, giving the three estranged countries something they could all agree on: the need to deal with a nuclear North Korea...