Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...John Allsebrook Simon is tall, bland, very British. The breadth of his shoulders is accentuated by a neck long yet not too long. Smooth and pink, the face of his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs takes on at will an innocent, babyish expression, flashes his "lightning smile" or congeals into withering hauteur. Throughout the Empire "John," as his few intimates call him, is famed as Britain's most highly remunerated barrister. Slow in walk and gesture he is lightning quick of mind and he is tireless. Last week he became Chairman of the League of Nations...
...industry's output. The company now makes five sizes of outboard motors, ranging from the 1½-h.p. single cylinder motor to the 4-cyl., 32-h.p., 116-Ib. Johnson Sea Horse. During the last two years motorboat sales have dropped badly. Last week it was no surprise when the smooth drone of Johnson Motor Co.'s affairs was broken, the firm sputtered, coughed, lapsed into receivership...
...Hello everybody! Chicago looks like it might be going to a picnic. And Chicago ought to be picnic enough for anybody. Why, you can take a taxi and in a few minutes you're out of the heat and crowds of the Loop. Out passing green trees, beautiful parks, smooth drives? right out to the Edgewater Beach Hotel...
...course record. Next day he came to the 18th with a chance for a 68. He changed clubs for his second shot, pressed, took a five for a 69 His two-round total was a low record and he was three strokes ahead of the field. After shooting another smooth, effortless 70 he said: "Anyhow, that's far better than my usual 78 for the third round of a championship...
...course, yet not so good as last Saturday, when the first trial was held. Nevertheless, this second workout was fully a minute better, despite a bumpy final mile. The stroke remained at 30 right until the final spurt, when the oarsmen went up to 36 and looked smooth indeed in doing so. More than anything else, the impressive factor was the smoother oarsmanship and better run as compared not only with the showings in the sprints but with the final workouts last week...