Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Smooth-shaven, modest Edward VIII startled the Post Office last week with this double-barreled order: On stamps His Majesty is to appear at waist-length, and the British stamp size is not to be enlarged. Because the new King figured during the War primarily as an Army man, because he has never had an active Navy command like his father, and because in recent years he has taken special interest in the Royal Air Force, Post Office civil servants were further startled last week when the Sovereign commanded that on the new waist-length stamps he is to appear...
...remembered her sensational concert debut in 1923,when she appeared in Carnegie Hall as a plump, glossy-haired girl of 19, an unknown suddenly called upon to substitute for Soprano Anna Case. Subject for high praise then was the beauty of her voice, its vibrant warmth, its effortless production. Smooth singing was to be expected at her Metropolitan debut, and with the exception of a few strained top notes there was little fault to find. Surprise was to see her appear as a lithe, graceful woman 25 Ib. thinner than she used to be, to see an Aida who appeared...
...protege of Willie Frick, Arena Skating Master, outdistanced his competitors by his jumping and smooth transition of blade edges. It was this, combined with his nice carriage and ice personality which won over the judges in his behalf...
...find the two captains, Freddy Moseley and Jim Mills, opposing each other, Freddy at left wing, Jim at right. The Yale team has been built around Mills, who scored four of the seven Yale goals in the series last year, and he should make a good match for the smooth-skating Harvard leader. With Mills are Bill Moore, a former St. Paul's teammate at center, and Dan Badger, who played with Moore all last year, at left wing. This is a smooth-working line that may be able to put it over on Stubb's crack first trio. Yale...
...views but proposed recently to open negotiations on Chino-Japanese rapprochement along the lines stated above." His Excellency also announced that if China should now sign on the dotted line Japan would "extend to her our moral and material support for her advancement." Added he: "We sincerely hope to smooth the progress of the newly established Commonwealth of the Philip-pines." In the largest World sphere, Mr. Hirota also announced Japan's desire to be helpful. After recalling that the Orientals of his country have built themselves up into a great power by borrowing from the Occident, His Excellency...