Robbins works smoothly and invisibly, with a diffident charm that belies his talent for larceny.

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Finally, as Forbes.com editor Paul Maidment emailed to me yesterday, the Danish infrastructure works smoothly, efficiently and even civillly.

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Alberto Alonso Criollo, a political scientist at the local Vasconcelos University, says the old patronage system still works fairly smoothly in a place where the state government is one of the few sources of jobs and money.

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One of the most impressive aspects of the ActiveHybrid 3 which can run on gasoline or electric power alone, or a combination of both at the same time for added performance is how smoothly and seamlessly everything works.

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According to the specifications leaked, Tinhte reckons the phone houses a 4.6-inch display at 720 x 1184 resolution (roughly 320 DPI, picking up Android's XHDPI classification -- thanks Rawat), while a quad-core 1.4 GHz processor works on keeping the Ice Cream Sandwich OS running smoothly.

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While 15-hour days in the kitchen are no longer the norm, Cheng still works a heavy schedule, dropping in on two of his restaurants every day to make sure things are going smoothly.

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