If you don't have a trusted official up there to sell the decision, it will not be smooth.
But there were signs early on that the trip would not be smooth.
Tory former Cabinet minister Lord Jenkin of Roding warned that the path to an elected Lords, which he opposes, would not be smooth.
Myanmar is one of the last countries to get connected to the Internet, and it will not be a smooth path.
It just may not be a smooth consistent path to get there.
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The president said Iraq's path to democracy would not be a smooth one and highlighted what he called three milestones the nation has achieved.
And we have said from the beginning that the road out of the dark place we were in when this President took office in terms of the economic recession, the depths of the recession we were in, was not going to be smooth every step of the way.
However, the transition is not going to be a smooth or simple affair.
"It's not always going to be smooth, " said Miller, who threw 96 pitches.
"There is no saying whether this slowdown will be smooth or not, " the report warned.
President GEORGE W. BUSH: I wish I could tell you that the violence is waning and that the road ahead will be smooth-it will not.
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It's a tricky balancing act to pull off, and lots could go wrong -- for instance, it's not exactly clear how smooth it will be to switch between the two types of Windows, or if you'll even be able to get the old Windows on certain types of tablets (that is, tablets that run the power-efficient ARM processors used by the iPad and most other tablets today).
But Dr Foster medical guide editor, Alex Kafetz, said that figure was only an average and the number of patients using beds was "not particularly smooth" and more needed to be done to make sure patients who potentially should not be in hospital were cared for at home or at specialised care facilities.
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The tawny will be light in color, very aromatic but not fruity, smooth but with a very broad spectrum of flavors.
Be sure your business card is plain on the back and not smooth to allow you to write on it.
As it strives for high-performance characteristics, Lexus must be careful not to alienate the customers who have come to prefer its smooth, comfortable ride, Carter acknowledges.
That has not always been smooth, but politicians have learned that it pays to be flexible, for example by finding ways for ministers from small parties to be excused from collective responsibility on certain sensitive issues.
Pure hardware attributes only get you so far, and judging by the amount of integration time that went into this project, Microsoft would be doing itself a huge disservice to launch anything even close to not smooth-as-butter.
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Will not some other countries start wondering whether their transition out of the euro also would be relatively smooth and orderly?
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Actually, they may share the conservative views of many congressional Republicans, but they do not share their political habits, so it may be better to describe them as soft and smooth on the outside, with crunchy bits: the praline wing of the party.
In making this judgment, they may not be including in their calculus some essential qualities that can make all of the difference between a smooth and successful transition and a short-lived, rocky tenure that leaves the organization drifting and directionless.
And we are going to be consulting with not only Denmark but our other allies in making sure that that is a smooth transition and one that is sustained, where we continue to help the Afghan government to support its own sovereignty and effectively control its borders.
But while Fox brass have publicly stated their desire to find a successful five-night-a-week late-night show many times before, it's not clear how smooth (for contractual reasons) or appealing (for affiliates) hiring O'Brien would be.
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