Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...assume that by November they say, "No, we'd just rather have more smooth talk." That's fine...
...shock (the blade grinding into the clumsy giant's eye in The Blinding of Samson ((1636)) has the same appalling impact as the blinding of Lear) alternating with passages of the most lyrical eroticism, reflectiveness, inwardness. Then, too, there are the shifts of language, the rough and the smooth, and the long series of self- portraits, Rembrandt's time-lapse scrutiny of his aging, from smooth-faced boy to old potato-nosed master, which incarnate the very essence of soliloquy...
There are a number of other reasons which might make it difficult for women who have not experienced the trauma of past rape or abuse to say "no". The codes of the dominant culture instruct women to smooth over problems and to avoid making waves...
...Damm Thing Changed by Nice and Smooth...
...hallway you can hear snippets of conversation that reveal the substance behind the smooth facade of the courtroom...