Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hurt to lose to Ronald Reagan. But after the election, I tried to make the transition as smooth as possible. Later, from my experience in trying to brief him on matters of supreme importance, I was very disturbed at his lack of interest. The issues were the 15 or 20 most important subjects that I as President could possibly pass on to him. His only reaction of substance was to express admiration for the political circumstances in South Korea that let President Park close all the colleges and draft all the demonstrators. That was the only issue on which...
This triad is supposed to serve a monitoring role and act as a sounding board for faculty ideas, under the guidance of a Board of Directors composed of seven students, seven faculty members and seven alumni. In addition, the permanent positions are intended to add continuity and smooth over the problem created by HSA's unavoidable turnover each year, says Harold Rosenwald '27, who has served as a board member and the corporation's legal counsel since its inception...
...nightly monologue has evolved into a sequence of snappy asides that is virtually fail-safe. If the jokes hit home, fine. Carson will smile and bob his head and smooth his tie while the audience laughs. If the joke flies wide or falls flat, the audience will groan and Carson will look wounded, then drop some self-deprecating aside that, like a slow fuse, will finally ignite the gag. Dick Cavett, who worked for Carson as a writer, recalls that Carson "made a point of bombing and making it funny. Sometimes you'd write strictly for that...
...goals clashed with the missionary emphasis on outward-reaching aims. "Sometimes I find myself questioning the value of what I'm doing here," he admits. Carter agrees: "The problems with getting used to Harvard again were partly cultural and partly not being a missionary anymore." Beck alone reports a smooth transition from missionary to student life. His roommates all took a year off, and be enjoys advanced standing while they do not, so he and his friends will graduate together...
...Governor's top political aide described the contest as "between the Chablis-and-Brie crowd and Joe Six-Pack." As smooth and glib a speaker as King is stilted and lumbering. Dukakis came across as a sensible liberal, supporting stricter handgun control and subsidized day care for working mothers. He promised "a government and statehouse you can be proud of," a barely veiled reference to scandals that have tainted King's administration. King's secretary of transportation was imprisoned after being convicted of bribery, and several other key aides were forced to resign under clouds...