Word: smoothly
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...available lawyers. Cyrus Vance, 59, was Secretary of the Army and Deputy Secretary of Defense under Kennedy and Johnson, and a special negotiator on Cyprus, Korea and Viet Nam. Vance, according to TIME'S diplomatic editor Jerrold Schecter, is leading in the early chart. "He has a smooth, low-keyed public style that appeals to Carter, who does not intend to be overshadowed by his Secretary of State. Vance, is solid and cautious. One colleague who recently spent a month in China with Vance said: 'I never could find out what he thought about anything...
Berlinguer is backed up by a smooth-running, well-financed political organization. Already, in the current campaign, the P.C.I, has grabbed the initiative. The Communists were first out with a platform and a list of candidates, including six well-known Catholic laymen (TIME, May 31), a ploy that stunned the Vatican. For voters who care, there is a 63-page pamphlet explaining Berlinguer's call for a multiparty government of "democratic unity." The Communists have also produced leaflets and filmstrips on specialized subjects ranging from women's rights to the plight of Italian fishermen...
...developing countries. Meanwhile, the West's economic recovery has helped lift commodity prices from last year's depressed levels. Largely for this reason, the burden of debt carried by the developing countries may be less severe than was first expected-a fact that may help to smooth further the irritated relations between the world's rich and poor nations...
...periphery. The focus is entirely on the beautiful Eleanor Herbert, a variation on the Steadian observation that the English are not self-conscious hypocrites. Instead, as the author once wrote, they display "a natural ingrained double face from birth. They're the Western Chinese: old and smooth with deceit...
Embree is noted for his ability to psyche out his opponents, a major plus in his battle with Stones, who has been susceptible to such tactics in the past. An intense competitor, Embree's smooth-style has enabled him to re-write the Harvard record books during a sparkling intercollegiate campaign...