That helped smooth over opposition to new stores in some cities.
Many Kenyans blame William Ruto, a charismatic, smooth-talking opposition leader and a Kalenjin elder, for starting the violence in the Rift Valley.
Expect more changes aimed at smoothing law enforcement opposition as it moves forward.
For all its unexpected overall majority and smooth ride, courtesy of the opposition's disarray, the Cameron administration is proving no exception.
Mr. Reid said "we stand closer than ever to fulfilling the promise of Senator Ted Kennedy," a champion of universal insurance coverage, but he added it would be "far from smooth sailing" because of Republican opposition.
This is in clear opposition to the smooth transitions implicit in intuition.
A mere five-hour flight from London, Freetown is one of Africa's safest capitals: the country recently underwent peaceful, free and fair democratic elections which resulted in the smooth transition to power of the opposition party.
Shortly after Mr Chavez's death was announced, he called for national unity and said that the opposition would support a smooth transition.
That is not how Lord Strathclyde, the smooth-talking leader of the Conservative opposition in the Lords and a hereditary himself, views it.
His path to that post, which he clearly finds more appealing than being mired in endless parliamentary opposition, will be the smoother if he can neutralise the Corbyn drag effect.
But even when opposition is overcome or smoothed over, the approval process has moved slowly -- too slowly, says Carol E. Murphy, a spokeswoman for the New York Independent Service Operator, which runs the state's electric grid.
