Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been as smooth between JAMMAT and the Turks as would be desired, or has generally been reported. Basic troubles have been blustering lack of tact and feeling by certain Americans dealing with proud and sensitive Turks; and on the other side, the Turk's distrust of any foreigner. The Turk regards the American he sees as a guy with a big mouth and no sense of military security. The Turks are actually quite right in playing things very carefully. Last month I was sitting in the bar of Beirut's St. Georges Hotel. Two American sergeants on leave...
...medicine man makes the painting by trickling powdered sandstone and charcoal from his fist on to a smooth bed of sand. He works entirely by tradition, not inspiration, painting the gods precisely as they are supposed to have pictured themselves to his ancestors...
...deceptive T-formation such as the Lions use requires a smooth ball handler who can pass accurately. Price--holder of the highest passing percentage (.538) in Columbia history--fills the bill nicely...
...passes a dividend. His effort to show that Army folk are somehow different from civilians, and stronger on the simpler virtues, falls flat because his examination of Mel never gets beyond his surface manner. The old Marquand narrative skill is still there, with its painless transitions and smooth flashbacks. The talk is easy and natural, whether the talkers are Pentagon brass or radio tinhorns. But they all seem to be saying the things that better Marquand characters have said before...
Although Top Banana will no doubt be a commercial success, it is not a smooth, finished musical production. There are many slow spots, and many, many bad gags. But the things that are good are very good. A girl named Rose Marie sings a couple of songs in the grand musical comedy tradition, Silvers' sidekick, Jack Albertson, is a very funny man, and Mielziner's sets are tops...