If there are ways systematically to beat the markets these days, they probably require men with physics doctorates and massive computer power rather than a smooth manner and the right contact book.

ECONOMIST: Investment management

The members of the Security Council congratulate the people of Timor-Leste on the peaceful, smooth and orderly manner in which the elections were held.

UN: Security Council

Though his manner is smooth and smiley, he rails without cease against the greedy corporations that supposedly make ordinary Americans' lives miserable.

ECONOMIST: Iowa