Word: smoothness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that U.S. and Soviet teams had competed as equals; he and other coaches spent too much time on paper work and not enough time on coaching-which resulted in poor discipline among the players, who conducted themselves in Rome with un-Soviet individualism while the Americans ran a happy, smooth cooperative. Moreover, top Soviet Basketball Boss Nikolai Semashko believed Spandarian's tall tales, and together they had "shelved" resolutions exposing the sad fact that the Russian team was "inadequately prepared physically, tactically, and especially technically." Noted Grigoriev sadly: "The fast break, once our most dreaded weapon, is now used...
...schools would be integrated. If Georgia does not cure "the cancerous growth" of its school crisis, warned Vandiver, "it will blight our state." With the sad stories of Little Rock and New Orleans on their minds, the lawmakers seem likely to back Vandiver. The next step-hopefully-would be smooth sailing when Atlanta's public schools integrate next fall...
...Patronage Adviser Kenny O'Donnell's professional politicians. According to close students of the Kennedy technique, the President-elect has hitherto managed to keep his staffers happy by dividing his favors between the "professors" and the "Irish Mafia." But he may have less time to soothe and smooth once he gets swamped by White House duties...
...rhino running loose, ends as everybody's hysteria to become one. Logicians are as eager as businessmen, leftists as logicians; at the end just one fuddled clerk (attractively played by Eli Wallach) remains human. And even he vows not to capitulate only after ruefully condemning his appearance-"A smooth brow looks so ugly, I need one or two horns"-and after regretting that he hadn't joined the others "while there was still time...
...Johnson's sake, the Kennedys had much to forgive: as Johnson's presidential campaign manager, Connally distinguished himself at the Los Angeles convention by calling a desperation press conference to suggest that Rival Candidate Kennedy was suffering from a serious case of Addison's disease. Smooth politico Connally has Navy credentials: as a naval officer during World War II, he served as a fighter plane director aboard the carriers Essex and Bennington, won the Bronze Star and Legion of Merit...