Word: smoothers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wisconsin. One of the disappointed hopefuls in the vice-presidential bingo game at the Democratic Convention, Governor Gaylord Anton Nelson, 44, may still look forward to a political future beyond the shores of Lake Michigan. A smooth public speaker (and a smoother raconteur in informal moments), the darling of organized labor and an unabashed liberal, he brought a program of sweeping social reforms and a crew-cut crew of intellectuals to Madison in 1958, will give Wisconsin a second chorus of the same music in his second term...
...airline officials feel that Quesada's firm hand has helped make U.S. aviation smoother and better-run. Says Eastern Air Lines President Malcolm MacIntyre: "A.L.P.A. used to be one of the loudest complainers about not being able to get decisions under the old setup. Now it wants FAA decisions to be subject to CAB review. That's a sure way to get no decisions...
...paid song-and-dance girls imported from Japan who belt out rock 'n' roll just as if they understood the words. At the big beach hotels, where the price of a planter's punch increases with the size of the orchestra, the music is a little smoother, but it is still stubbornly repetitious. Every stage show has its hula dancers and its steel guitar...