Word: smoothly
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Most defense experts concede that Robert McNamara's Pentagon functions with the smooth efficiency of a computer. On the other hand, his critics point out, even a computer can make a mistake. By miscalculating the full demands of the Viet Nam war, they contend, the Defense Department has weakened the nation's worldwide commitments and run dangerously short of combat-ready troops. At a press conference aimed at answering his critics, most notably the Senate's Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee Chairman John Stennis and the New York Times, McNamara last week countered with a cool, 30-page review...
Tenuous Compromise. The French presence in Brussels had been arranged six weeks earlier in Luxembourg by a compromise in which France and the other five EEC countries somewhat tenuously agreed to try to smooth over their rift without removing its causes. Still, before the European Economic Community can strip away the remaining tariff barriers to farm and industrial trade among its six members, it must wind its way through a maze of outstanding issues. Foremost among them...
Harvard has several swimmers who could cap first places, among them Captain Bruce Fowler in the 100-yard breaststroke. As a sophomore, he took the 100 in 1:02.1 for Harvard's only first place. Fowler had something of an off season last year, but his smooth 1:00.8 medley leg last week against Yale indicates he's ready to make a strong bid this year...
Offshore powerboat racing is no delicate art like trying to steer a skittery hydroplane around the smooth surface of a protected lake. It is simple, straightforward stuff: slamming headlong through the open ocean in anything from a souped-up outboard to a PT boat-until your ribs rattle and your face is white with salt. It is madness, of course. But as Ohio Millionaire Merrick Lewis, 41, explained on the eve of last week's Sam Griffith Memorial Race from Miami to Bimini and back: "Once in a while, you have to force yourself into doing something that petrifies...
...marginal notes on his manuscript ("Oh God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"), suggest that the music is programmatic in the most personal way. It is a melody-drenched, emotional and yet finally serene farewell to life, love and lyre. Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra give the work a smooth and haunting performance...