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Word: smoothly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...line half a length ahead of M.I.T. in a race marred for the Crimson by a snapped rudder wire which forced coxswain George Notter to drag his hands on the starboard side to steer for the last half mile. As a result, the varsity boat finished 18 seconds behind smooth-stroking Penn, whose excellent time...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: Penn Takes Eastern Lightweight Crown With Varsity Last | 5/16/1955 | See Source »

...adaptation is good and the acting smooth. Director Lucy Barry and Producer Beverly Butte offer entertainment which will suit not only children but even the most unswerving sophisticates...

Author: By Frank R. Safford, | Title: Cinderella | 5/12/1955 | See Source »

...Smooth metal dog tags on non-tarnishable chains, authorized by the Federal Civil Defense Administration, will soon be available to each University student--at his favorite grocery store...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Send one boxtop ...' | 5/10/1955 | See Source »

...time the field reached the first check point in Framingham, the tangle had unwound. The nickel noggins had dropped back; a Staten Island, N.Y. schoolteacher named William Welsh was striding easily in the lead. Close on the pace, a scant 100 yards back, came Eino Pulkkinen, a smooth-running Finn, and Nick Costes, a Natick, Mass, schoolteacher who finished ninth last year. Almost unnoticed, in 13th place was Hideo Hamamura, 26, a light (132 lbs.) little Japanese clerk. Last time he had run himself out in the early stages, and finished sixth. Now he was taking it easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Motley Marathon | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

...pain. His bursitis was acting up. Washington Senators Manager Charley Dressen suggested a vibrator, but Ike had a treatment of his own: eight days of golf in Augusta. Curiously enough, his bursitis seems both to be improved by golf and to improve his game. Golf's controlled, smooth motions help the presidential shoulder, and the controlled, smooth motions made necessary by bursitis subdue Ike's tendency to whale the ball, thus help his score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: 18-Hole Cure | 4/25/1955 | See Source »

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