"It was my job to come in and keep the ship sailing smoothly".
It can sail smoothly for years, but capsize suddenly in rough seas and do so quite rapidly.
Trocaire jumped, sailing smoothly over a low-slung cross rail and, a few strides later, over a straight rail.
Which is why you'll see Nirvana sail smoothly into the hall of fame, and why Chic, nominated eight times since 2003, still hasn't found itself accepted.
But Foley's shot sailed smoothly through the net, sending Duke players crashing to the floor in celebration and UConn players to the sideline in stunned disbelief.
All three helped him sail smoothly, quickly and sometimes heedlessly over a piece that does better with sustained, overarching thinking than with a series of brilliant events.
Holland have had their best opening in ages, had no problems with the Slovaks and sailed smoothly into the quarter-finals.
We wonder how many people will sail smoothly through the choppy waters and how many will lurch in their craft, thinking, "What the—?" Happy Father's Day from Cox & Rathvon and Wordplay.
Since becoming Disney's chief executive in 2005, Mr. Iger has mostly kept the company sailing smoothly through a cluster of storms, chiefly the recession, which hammered television advertising sales and threatened the company's theme parks.
Thereafter Ms. Holter and her companions sailed smoothly through six more songs from "Ekstasis," as well as two from "Tragedy" and one, the sublimely simple "Goddess Eyes," shared by both records.
