WASHINGTON — The combination of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and President Obama creates a version of a physics problem: How can such smooth personalities create so much friction?
With his deep voice, his sharp suits, his aviator glasses and the stage presence of a grown-up music fan, Don Cornelius was every bit the smooth TV personality on "Soul Train," the nationally syndicated Saturday-morning show he created, produced, wrote and hosted from 1971 to 1993.
"That was, of course, just before he developed his suave, smooth, warm, fuzzy personality that we've all grown to love over the years".
Gervin was a quietly smooth player and personality who could have been lost in the flashy shuffle of basketball in the 1970s.
That happens all too easily, and whenever I ponder why it didn't happen with Mark, Harry, Adelle and me — each of us so different from the others — I'm convinced that family closeness isn't a happy accident, a fortuitously smooth blend of personalities.
Fritz had a "glib, smooth and self-assured" personality, characteristics Crumb felt he was lacking in.
It can be distilled anywhere, from Cuba to Vietnam, and can take on endless personalities, from smooth and accommodating white rums to brooding, domineering rums made from molasses, and everything in between.
