Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...move these boats just like bicyles, don't you?" "Yes," he said, "You know these things move on the same principle as a swan--smooth, gliding, graceful. It's the paddles underneath. Some people say we ought to put motors on them, but it wouldn't be the same--vibration you know. The boats are out here every day, weather permitting, until the last Sunday of September ... Lovely weather for swans and all that. Of course, we wouldn't keep them out in a northeaster' or a hurricane. They've never tipped over or sunk, thank...
...fluttered and landed on our brass rail, and grackles cawed and clucked on the ponds little island. On the boat itself, two children lost their pinwheels and a third hit a nearby pigeon's flank with a well-aimed peanut. The ride was as the skipper had said, though, smooth, gliding, and graceful--just like a swan...
Shahn used a series of exhortations in describing how an artist should obtain education and culture. "Read everything--the Bible, Hume, Pogo--but not the art reviews. Paint and paint, draw and draw on any smooth surface; the margins of books are excellent. Go visit Paris, Madrid, Rome, Ravenna, Padua and stand alone in the Sainte Chapelle...
This year the Chancellor, whose single pronouncement could make millions of Britons richer or poorer, was Peter Thorneycroft, 47, a smooth, somewhat over-groomed son of a Tory ironmaster. On his first budget outing, Thorneycroft kept to the traditions by droning a prosaic prognosis of the nation's economic health until 4:30, the hour the Stock Exchange closed. Then, safe at last to let his secrets out, the youthful-looking Chancellor raised his voice and announced bold changes in the country's tax setup...
...males should stop "staring at women's bodies and start looking at their faces again," the Caricaturists Society of America announced the results of a poll of its own members to determine "the perfect female face." Resulting composite: the "violet, limpid" eyes of Elizabeth Taylor; the forehead, "white, smooth and pure," of Kim Novak; the "cute, slightly turned-up" nose of Songstress Teresa Brewer; the "ripe, sultry and suggestive" mouth of Anita Ekberg; the "silky and soft" hair of Sophia Loren; the "firm, yet round and petite" chin of Natalie Wood; the "slender, yet strong" neck of Canada...