Word: smoothly
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...year at M.I.T. as a Bush fellow in science journalism. His work on this week's story began this summer in Hawaii at an international space conference. It was in that inspirational environment that Thompson first interviewed Roald Sagdeyev, director of the Soviet Space Research Institute, who helped smooth the way for his trip to Moscow. "We'd watch waves outside our restaurant window, and that would lead to thoughts about plasma physics." The two hit it off so well that Sagdeyev agreed to visit a restaurant that Thompson co-owns in upstate New York. Alas, the rendezvous never came...
Moore races the reader through a series of crepuscular turns with the smooth efficiency of a Mercedes on a rain-slicked street at night. The quiet operations of secret intelligence are this novel's method as well as its theme. And though The Color of Blood may, in the end, seem lean to the point of thinness, one can almost see, as the pressure mounts toward a palpitating climax, the closing credits rise above a seamless and thoroughly gripping motion picture...
With the wind, Harvard had smooth sailing...
...already the desert heat is shimmering wetly on a running track not far from the casino strip. Here Bill Cosby is hurling himself through a series of sprints, his sturdy 6-ft. frame showing the form that won collegiate championships three decades earlier. The stride is long and smooth, and the pace is brisk through 300 meters (43 sec.) and 600 meters (1:48). Cosby beats his target times and beams with satisfaction. He rewards himself with a Cuban cigar the size of a relay baton and sets a faster goal for tomorrow...
...They gave us a lot of room to control the ball, and we controlled it," Gifford said. "The passing was smooth, despite the marsh-like conditions. Everyone played well...