Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lacking in drama. There will, of course, be a few sticky chores falling to the chairman of the Credentials Com mittee. For that post Johnson wisely picked Pennsylvania's former Governor David L. Lawrence, 75, a longtime, party pro who has a flair for hammering out a slick, smooth compromise...
...entire U.S. space program. Gigantic rockets are already being built for manned exploration of the moon, but before a man dares to blast off, astronomers must learn the nature of the l And their biggest telescopes cannot tell them whether to expect fluffy dust or jagged rocks, smooth plains or pockmarked lava. Hampered by the turbulence of the earth's atmosphere, they can see nothing that is smaller than one mile across. Ranger VII's cameras, during their last few moments before impact on the moon, did at least 1,000 times better than that. They clearly photographed...
Despite DC's virtual disappearance from general use, engineers have lived with the nagging knowledge that oneway current is better for the longer hauls. DC transmission lines carry more power and are cheaper to build. Their smooth stream of electricity is easier to control and to blend with current from other sources in a network. Trouble is, DC cannot be handled by transformers; what was needed to fit it for the big-time was a practical method of manufacturing it from high-voltage AC current at the generator end of the line, and of converting it back...
Last week at New York's Orchard Beach Lagoon, the smooth-stroking Vesper eight trounced 15 of the country's finest crews - and thereby became the first club crew to represent the U.S. at the Olympics since another Vesper crew...
...several centuries has ruled Sicily with poniard, pistol and poison. Smile a bit sadly when Sordi, a born comedian, tries to play the hero straight. And wink when the director, obviously afraid his customers will get sick of all that lumpy peasant pasta, slyly introduces a piece of smooth Brazilian cheesecake (Norma Bengell...