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Word: smoothly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other hand, the line's big-city strips are long and smooth, and the terminals abound with electronic landing equipment, radar and comforts for passengers. Moscow's Victorian-style Vnukovo Airport compares with some of the best in the West, houses a transient hotel and a nursery with toys and cots for the tots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Russian Challenge | 1/27/1958 | See Source »

...motion picture is a charming combination of satire, whimsy, and melodrama. As Crichton, Kenneth More is proper--yet moving. Cecil Parker is a blusteringly good Lord Loam and Sally Howes is not only beautiful, but acts, too. The adaptation suffers somewhat from an inability to smooth out the entrances and scene changes which are an accepted part of the theater, but unsettling on the screen. The movie's ending was probably more convincing 50 years ago, but is still acceptable. The evening as a whole is quite enjoyable...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: The Admirable Crichton | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

...prepare public health experts to guard civilians against the health hazards of nuclear radiation. ¶Ultrasound vibrations (TIME, Dec. 2), already available for high-speed painless drilling, were demonstrated to Greater New York dentists as a means of cleaning the teeth. At 26,000 vibrations per second, a blunt, smooth tip on the instrument dislodges accumulations of calculus (tartar), including those below the gumline, where they do the most harm, while a continuous fine jet of lukewarm water washes the debris away. Advantages: to the dentist, speed; to the patient, gentleness, as compared with sharp scrapers, and reduced danger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, Dec. 23, 1957 | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

...Illinois' grey-maned, smooth-talking Everett McKinley ("The Wizard of Ooze") Dirksen, 61, is generally expected to become Senate Republican leader when William Fife Knowland goes off at session's end to run for governor of California. Even Dwight Eisenhower, who always before made it his practice to steer clear of Senate internal affairs, is reminding G.O.P. Senators that Dirksen would serve their purposes better in the long run than such liberal Republicans as New York's Jacob Javits or New Jersey's Clifford Case. Best guess on who persuaded Ike to plead Dirksen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEHIND THE SCENES: Rare Ferment | 12/16/1957 | See Source »

...distance events, the picture is somewhat brighter. In Reider, sophomore Ed Martin, and cross country captainelect Dyke Benjamin, McCurdy has a strong, smooth-riding trio who can be counted on to score high against any opponent. Moreover, junior Willie Thompson rates only slightly behind these three...

Author: By John P. Demos, | Title: McCurdy Says Harriers Face 'Challenge' | 12/13/1957 | See Source »

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