Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prepare for President Reagan's visit to him this week, observers were still reflecting on the stunning May 29 service in Canterbury Cathedral. It was then that John Paul and Robert Runcie, the Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of world Anglicanism, named a new commission to try to smooth over the tough remaining doctrinal and practical problems that stand in the way of reunion of the two branches of Christianity, in particular the Vatican's attitude toward the validity of Anglican orders and the question of the sharing of the Eucharist...
...back. But then he added: "I'm kidding. I think we'll be meeting." Reagan's flippant remark, while inappropriate, reflected optimism within the White House that the President's arms-control speech, and Moscow's answer, will defuse domestic antinuclear sentiment and help smooth the way for his forthcoming trip to Western Europe...
...Look into the mouth of Jaws, and you will find the infant fear of things that go chomp in the night. Search the skies for a Close Encounter, and you can chart a child's hope that whoever is out there will be just like him: small and smooth and smart and cuddly. Track the Lost Ark's Raiders, and you will discover the thrill of escape that whets the imagination of every fifth-grade Indiana Jones...
With Elliott and his little friend E.T., though, all was smooth sailing-a dream of a set for a dream movie. The mechanical creature performed beautifully as a machine and as an actor. And Spielberg found the children easy to work with, explaining the story in terms of fairy tales and board games. For the main roles he had interviewed more than 300 children. "Many of them were remarkable," he says, "but they weren't real. They thought before they felt. Then, just a few weeks before we were to start shooting, Henry Thomas walked in. He gave...
...Harvard track team has just upset Northeastern to conclude its regular season. Leading the pack of jubilant runners in the customary victory lap, one member--decked out in his usual red sweat suit--suddenly sprints ahead and is the first to cross the finish line. His gait is as smooth and quick as that of those he has left behind: only his grey hair betrays the fact that he is no college student, but a man ready for retirement at the ages...