Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Most of the TV commentators were tiredly commonplace, some were plainly uninformed, and all were occasionally inaccurate (one tentatively identified a delegate on the convention floor as the Democrats' Senator Estes Kefauver). Smooth-talking Walter Cronkite (CBS) delivered the most lucid flow of comment and information. Runners-up: NBC's Bill Henry and ABC's John Daly and Martin Agronsky, with seasoned Newsman Elmer Davis providing his Indiana-accented commentaries...
Despite the anger of its rank & file, N.E.A. officials also did their best to smooth things over. Though the grumbling continued in private, the N.E.A. unanimously adopted a resolution "deploring" the Legion's article, recalling the cordial cooperation of the two organizations, and asking for space to defend itself in the Legion magazine...
Cranach Was Hidden. Going from "castle to castle" between world wars, she restored some 500 works for fellow bluebloods. She learned how to smooth over chipped spots ("like filling a tooth"), repaint damaged hands and noses, replace frayed lining, spruce up dull paint with a coat of bright varnish. As she became more skilled, she repaired masterpieces by Rubens, Tiepolo and Velasquez. Once, working on a dark, somber painting by the 16th century Italian Jacopo Palma, she found a whole covey of saints and angels hiding under the grime. Another time, she was called in to restore an unusual Lucas...
...smooth New York television show, Taft had friendly reporters on hand to bring up the right subjects and comely "Belles for Bob" to introduce well-rehearsed members of the audience. Eisenhower, said Taft, was coming around nicely to the Taft views on domestic policy, although he really didn't seem to understand the Taft-Hartley law. Asked about Ike's request for farm editors' help to learn about farm policy, Taft chuckled: "I've been educated for some 15 years on farm policy." Later, he took a swat at the farm editors. "My own opinion...
...government charged, given the Russians secrets of Sweden's vital northern defense line abreast of Finland. Required to stand trial, though he had pleaded guilty, Enbom freely told the whole story. He had been sure war was coming, he explained, and it was his duty to "smooth the Red armies' path to liberate Sweden from the dreaded Western occupation...