The extent to which private-sector involvement can be smoothly and successfully implemented also remains a key source of uncertainty.
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Even if an executive is forced to leave office precipitately, it can be done smoothly and graciously.
Overall the atmosphere is very relaxed and things seem to be going smoothly.
The latter, an upstairs-downstairs comedy starring Jerry O'Connell, revolves around a boutique hotel where everything appears to be running smoothly from the lobby.
But the recent case of Polestar, a British printing group, showed that companies can be refinanced smoothly even if hedge funds are involved.
Additionally, the scanning technology itself has been upgraded to handle faster pass-over rates, meaning that scanning an A3 sheet can be done smoothly and quickly.
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Unlike previous vehicles, which have used engines whose thrust can be controlled smoothly, it is equipped with a bank of 12 small thrusters, each of which is either on or off.
With touch-screen functionality on a fully capable machine with a proper amount of on-board storage that will be able to smoothly run Microsoft Office applications out of the box, Windows 8 promises to be an exciting transition for dedicated PC users, while offering the best of both worlds for tablet users.
With MOV and H.264 formats, longer movies can be shot more smoothly and beautifully.
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Until recently, Japan's tiny corporate-bond market seemed to be working more smoothly.
The coalition-building machine seemed to be running relatively smoothly.
Though a program displays panels showing all the critical processes of a real rig (fire and gas detectors, valve status, oil flow from the sea bed and so on), and then responds to the actions of the trainee by altering these displays appropriately, a human operator can intervene at any time if things seem to be going too smoothly.
The big question is whether they will be able to integrate smoothly and manage their new parts.
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Measures such as these to make the single market work more smoothly would be most beneficial to European economies.
But if they pass off reasonably smoothly, Albania may be able to make a start on catching up with some of its Balkan neighbours.
"For things to progress smoothly, there must be improved relations between the United States and North Korea, between North Korea and the European Union and between North Korea and Japan, " he told the New York Times.
Certainly, the simple addition of bananas to the Starbucks mix seems to be working more, er, smoothly than the previous big innovation, the hot breakfast sandwich, which required bulky additional equipment and confused customers and baristas alike as to where the sandwich should change hands after heating.
In theory, in the worst cases, the parts of the banks that are thought to be most important to keeping the rest of the financial system functioning smoothly, for instance their deposit books and payment systems, will be quickly cut out and transplanted into a healthy bank or kept on life support.
With Les Clefs d'Or concierge services around every corner, you'll be assured that all things will run smoothly.
As would be expected, online registration did not go smoothly in the early stages.
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If all goes smoothly, the referendum would probably be held in April.
Currently the mobile apps appear to be the most polished, however all ran smoothly and featured a look apart from the other subscription streaming services.
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The assumption that Mr Brown will glide smoothly into the job needs to be replaced by the assumption that he should be challenged by credible alternatives, including those who claim to be more Blairite than he is.
Normally Greece's debt-management agency would already be raising extra funds to ensure that all goes smoothly in the spring.
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About the same time that Galileo is supposed to begin operating, assuming all goes smoothly, the U.S. will be readying third-generation GPS satellites for launch, sometime between 2008 and 2010.
Even when cases proceed smoothly, the gap between plea and sentencing can be many years.
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And then, we should be able to agree on a comprehensive global governance structure to smoothly allow the channelling of this financial and technological support.
Domestically, the prime candidates would seem to be Meredith Corp. and Hearst, either of which could smoothly absorb most of them into its existing portfolios.
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"It may be a challenge for Royal Caribbean to bring on new capacity smoothly without cannibalization of business from older vessels in the fleet, " notes James Winchester, analyst at Lazard Freres.
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