Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even quoted as saying he was "ashamed" of U.S. policy toward Haiti. But Clinton was grateful for Carter's help in ! wiggling out of a tight spot. So dutiful Secretary of State Warren Christopher hopped a plane to the former President's home in Georgia to smooth things over...
...movie needs the kind of authenticity that Freeman brings to it. The Shawshank Redemption is based on a Stephen King novella that is just a little too smooth for its own good. It's satisfying to watch all the book's moving parts mesh, but a certain lifelike uncertainty is sacrificed to the neatness. Happily, writer-director Frank Darabont understands this. He makes you feel the maddening pace of prison time without letting his picture succumb to it. He is also efficient and clever with secondary characters like James Whitmore's con librarian, who's been in so long...
...York City -- After executing a smooth $1.9 million jewelry heist at Tiffany's two weeks ago, the decidedly unstreetwise thieves fenced their wares directly on the streets of Times Square and Harlem. Offering $10,000 pieces for as little as $200, the group was quickly rounded up by police...
Rowe, a veteran of legal work as a lawyer at NBC and a legislative counsel to Congress, is unlikely to repeat that kind of mistake. In wire-rimmed glasses and dark suits, he is smooth and controlled--and supremely careful with words
...people, or for the 20-some people in your entryway. In fact, your proctor or tutor probably represents the most sympathetic ear in the administration. He or she is also the person you'll be obliged to interact with for the rest of the year. It's best to smooth things over without trying to reach into the higher echelons of power...