Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...give their names. One says he is sure they will make it to Florida. A few years ago, they would have spent a year in jail for "illegal departure" if they were picked up by Cuban patrol boats. This time they knew it would be smooth sailing as the tide pulled them out beyond the 12-mile limit into the Straits of Florida. That is, smooth sailing against Castro. They had yet to survive the sharks and storms...
...into the film as U.S. District Attorney Roy Foltrigg), we are beginning to wonder whether the "explosive secret" that Mark has learned is really important or whether the local authorities simply find the kid a good person to harass. With Jones on the screen as the ambitious and disgustingly smooth Foltrigg, the film comes briefly to life and the plot begins to fall into place. Foltrigg's underdeveloped part, however, fails to exploit the talents of Jones, who flourished in a similar role in "The Fugitive...
...charges are the only ones interrupting the otherwise smooth confirmation hearings...
...Jong Il hardly has a smooth path into power; he's not very well known, appears infrequently in public and all of his credibility stems from his father. North Koreans might embrace him, but only as an impulsive reaction built on years of conditioning. Despite Kim Il Sung's atrocious and violent purges of his enemies, many North Koreans always saw him as a godlike figure of immobile strength. After almost half a century as undisputed leader of a xenophobic nation, such devotion on the part of the public is not surprising...
...time in the determination of North Korea's place in the global balance of power. No one could have expected Kim's death to happen so suddenly, especially on the heels of North Korea's progressively easing stance on its nuclear program. If Kim Jong Il indeed makes a smooth transition to the leadership of his country, he will have to deal immediately with the nuclear conflict. Few foreign leaders have met with or even seen the younger Kim, and yet he will have to confront the United States and the United Nations in the near future...