James is also the founding member of the award-winning "smooth jazz" group Fourplay.

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Henderson's group has been working on a smooth digital transition for poor people and minorities.

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And, yet, the great campaigner, the smooth fox terrier, placed third in the terrier group.

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The group claims a notable newcomer in Rubio, a potential 2016 presidential candidate whose conservative bona fides may help smooth the way for support among conservatives wary of anything that smacks of amnesty.

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