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Word: smoothly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...watching the Russians, but Somebody Else may be watching you. Thanks to the "benefits" of modern science, the FBI can plant hidden cameras in your closet, dictaphones in your desk, television transmitters in your flues, and wire-recorders in the willows of your local park. Teams of smooth-swift-silent young men can top your phone, read your lips, and trail you around town in phony Howard Johnson trucks. Columbia's Walk East on Beacon shows how these methods were used to crack a Communist spy ring. Its generally authentic exposition of espionage operations and FBI sleuth gadgetry makes this...

Author: By William Burden, | Title: Walk East on Beacon | 5/6/1952 | See Source »

...over, Policeman Lowther courted and married her. Lowther is a decent man, rather long on conscience. He wants to protect his wife, who has never told him what really happened, but he also knows that Davidson has been wronged. The real kick for the reader comes not from the smooth, credible unraveling of the case, but from the tensions that mount as Author Clewes unlocks the hiding place of human guilt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Suspense on the Thames | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

Winthrop defeated the Bellboys and Commuters with a winning time of 5:04 and Leverett got off to a smooth start and was never headed by Adams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster Baseball, Softball, Golf Teams Win, Tennis Squad Loses | 5/2/1952 | See Source »

Water temperatures vary on the Cape. At some spots May swimming is feasible, such as Buzzards Bay, and along the entire south shore. Beaches vary, from the smooth, uninterrupted sands of the eastern Atlantic to the rocky western shore. If one has the equipment, spearfishing is possible along the rocks of the west end and many varieties of edible places abound all along the coast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Glories of Spring-And the Fullness Thereof | 5/1/1952 | See Source »

...staying even for about half a mile. Then the Crimson began to inch ahead, going through the Harvard bridge, the mile marker, the Crimson grabbed lead of almost a length. Tech tried to come back by using a big ten, but stratagem helped the Engineers scarcely at all. The smooth stroking varsity pulled out steadily for the remainder of the race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Crews Sweep MIT In 100th Season Openers | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

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