The rest of conference should be plain sailing, as long as there are no unforeseen mishaps.
However, that does not mean it will be plain sailing for the NHS this winter.
It looked plain sailing for the home side until Inzamam (28) fell victim to a contentious lbw decision.
But it wasn't all plain sailing for Shakhtar after it scored a hugely controversial goal to go to 1-1.
If a tax-related exodus from Switzerland seems unlikely, business is hardly plain sailing.
The match appeared to be plain sailing in the opening stages against the 30-year-old Arn, ranked 104th in the world.
Before that it had been plain sailing for England, who got the start they wanted when Wright-Phillips' shot squirmed past Poom after only 11 minutes.
But, setting up a company in India is anything but plain sailing, he says stressing that his first few attempts at business in India failed.
And it was plain sailing for Key and Moore, who collected seven boundaries between them as the Lions wrapped up victory with a day to spare.
James Janaway, who farms arable land in the Czech Republic and Romania as well as Hampshire, explains that farming in Eastern Europe is not plain sailing for Britons.
The fans' new-found optimism seemed to transmit to the players on the pitch as they produced a consummate performance, but it was not all plain sailing for Spurs.
Instead, the behind-the-scenes features suggest it was all plain sailing.
Morrow and Marleau scored first-period goals to put Canada in charge and Getzlaf's third in the second period seemed to have made it plain sailing for the home side.
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It is not, of course, all plain sailing, particularly within India and China, which have both relied on years of rapid economic growth to try and employ ever-growing numbers joining the workforce.
Yet while liberals have cheered the result as a mark of social progress, it does not necessarily augur plain sailing for the al-Sabah family that has ruled Kuwait since the 18th century.
Though widely acknowledged as a pragmatic operator who is excellent at his job, life at the Premier League helm has certainly not been all plain sailing for Scudamore and he has deep experience in riding various storms of controversy.
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