Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...made Reagan's forceful attacks on Jimmy Carter so much more palatable than the Goorgian's self-righteous whining, flows easily, even before an audience of one. The president concentrates very hard on being reassuring. He nods and smiles understandingly. He leans back on the couch and gesticulates with smooth imaginary lines drawn on the coffee table or his pant leg. He expects the same in return, and at any indication of a challenge, he easily slips into the "well, there you go again, talking about how bad things are" stance, which was so successful in the presidential debates...
Reagan's speech was a simple, clear, 19-min. 53-sec. repetition of much of his campaign rhetoric. He thanked President Carter for a smooth transition, outlined the severe economic problems facing the nation, pledged to begin immediately the task of righting the economy, and claimed that government had long been the cause rather than the solution of problems. He concluded with a vintage Reagan evocation of the basic strengths of America and the heroism of its people...
...wisest to focus on the two romantic couples in the action. If the course of true love never does run smooth, it traverses some pretty funny country. The play, dating from 1706, takes place in the sleepy village of Shrewsbury. Captain Plume (Brian Murray), a recruiting officer, has come to the place to rook and hook the local lads into military service...
Carter's wounds do not show; he is too disciplined for that. His manner is cheerful, and he has managed a smooth, gracious transition for his successor. Carter's personal papers filled 20 vans, which last week headed toward Georgia. His daily diaries, which he kept without break for four years, are complete, and he hopes in the next 30 days to land a book contract that will bring him a needed chunk of money...
...place in which to settle. Rock really is not his neighborhood; his fur-lined melodies and forthright sentimentality make him stand out among rockers like a Coupe de Ville at a demolition derby. Diamond has been a smash act in Las Vegas, but he is neither as smooth as Sinatra, as cloying as Wayne Newton nor as annoying as Steve Lawrence...