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I wish you a happy daughter and a smooth-running vehicle and better decor.
PS 2009
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And Ms. Calmes writes that it is the latest of several stumbles by the previously smooth-running Obama transition office — the most serious being the withdrawal of Gov.
The Early Word: A Transition Stumble - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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He said it often, and often he drowsed in the big smooth-running machine.
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It was at this time, at the lowest ebb, that the smooth-running editorial machine broke down.
Chapter 25 2010
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I wish you a happy daughter and a smooth-running vehicle and better decor.
PS 2009
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And Ms. Calmes writes that it is the latest of several stumbles by the previously smooth-running Obama transition office — the most serious being the withdrawal of Gov.
The Early Word: A Transition Stumble - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Bloomberg, who was Rudy Giuliani's heir apparent, had to pretend that Giuliani left him an efficient, smooth-running shift but everybody knew better.
Dan Collins: Bloomberg's Third-Term Funk Dan Collins 2011
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Owen Coyle will doubtless still be hurting from the unforeseen and largely inexplicable events at Wembley last Sunday, though at least he may be permitted to regard the 5-0 drubbing as an aberration in an otherwise smooth-running season.
Arsène Wenger is threatening to become part of Premier League's past | Paul Wilson 2011
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But that's a minor quibble with what's a smooth-running app with superb music-discovery features.
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Pan Am went from a smooth-running airline that could turn an aircraft around in thirty minutes to one that could take almost two hours.
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