• The agreement could smooth the way for release of the landmark legislation within a week or so.

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  • Some observers guessed that he was trying to smooth the way for a climate-change bill by offering Republicans a present.

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  • Chefs throughout history have played a vital, behind-the-scenes role in diplomacy, helping to ease fraught relations and smooth the way for talks.

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  • South Korea's foreign ministry also welcomed the agreement and said faithful implementation of the steps by North Korea would smooth the way for the talks.

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  • As the first Asian director to make his own distinctive mark in Hollywood, he is hoping he will be able to smooth the way for others to follow.

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  • Most of the conversation at Courchevel this year was spent figuring out how best to tell their story to smooth the way for a listing on the London Stock Exchange.

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  • Signal sent a handful of foremen to supervise the testing process and to meet with immigration officials at U.S. consulates in India and Dubai to smooth the way for visa applications.

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  • Legislators from both parties have at various times advanced proposals that would smooth the way for skilled migrants, but they have usually foundered on the more intractable problem of dealing with illegal immigration.

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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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  • He will smooth the way for Treseder, allowing him to concentrate solely on coaching rather than logistics, and the working relationship between the two is key to the success of the programme going forward.

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  • But the company has faced a barrage of unfavorable publicity in recent months, including the fallout from allegations that it bribed officials in Mexico in order to smooth the way for store expansion, and criticism about its global sourcing practices after its clothing was found in a Bangladesh factory where more than 100 workers died in a fire last year.

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  • The administration's measured response paved the way for the current smooth relationship.

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  • Additionally, with a bank in the U.S. providing smooth transfer of funds, it paves the way for hedge funds and other institutional investors to enter the market because investment charters can sometimes limit new placements to U.S. entities only.

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  • His team has been in close contact with the Bush administration to pave the way for a smooth handover of power.

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  • For instance, the process to increase burn and wound healing includes removing the dead or decaying flesh in a way that leaves a smooth, evenly thick surface for grafts and healing.

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