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Word: smoothly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Although a faster and much more experienced team, the Dartmouth six had to fight every minute of the way to keep the Hoddermen at bay. The Indians scored one in the first period and one in the second, but only the brilliant work of goalie Wes Goding, the smooth checking of the Dartmouth defense and the occasional intercession of Lady Luck enabled them to keep the hard-fighting Crimson forces...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTMOUTH SEXTET EDGES VARSITY 2-1 | 2/16/1939 | See Source »

Dartmouth, at present leading the Quadrangular League with two wins and no defeats, has a fast veteran squad and should provide a severe test for the Crimson. Although the Indians stand one notch below Harvard in the International League, they have a very smooth-working outfit which, according to Hanover supporters has failed to show its true potentialities in the League race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Hockey Squad and Swimmers Will Go Into Action Tonight | 2/15/1939 | See Source »

Boston's distinguished elite, including ex-Governor James M. Curley, last night noisily applauded (and noisily repeated jokes to deaf companions) as John Holden presented Gertrude Lawrence in the gay, smooth-running comedy "Susan and God" at the Shubert Theatre...

Author: By C. L. B., | Title: The Playgoer | 2/14/1939 | See Source »

...director Rachel Crothers has let her characters speak flippantly of God without allowing her play to be in any way flippant. The play rails at houseparties, confessions, dowagers, the substitution of "spiritual" for "physical" love and the superficiality which often characterizes the Group. But at its objective attempts to smooth out human relations Miss Crothers does not laugh she merely disagrees...

Author: By C. L. B., | Title: The Playgoer | 2/14/1939 | See Source »

Ambush (Paramount). Gangster item, slightly distinguished from other gangster items by smooth direction and a good performance by Paramount's ubiquitous Lloyd Nolan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing: CURRENT & CHOICE | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

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