The elder Gates smoothed things over, and soon the new employees were hired.
Foxx, whose stage act liberally employed words and references that you still can't use on broadcast TV, was cleaned up, but not smoothed over, as junkyard proprietor, serial over .
Merkel smoothed over the rift and has tried to foster good relations with the current Administration.
Senate immigration bill boosted by border deal WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of bipartisan immigration legislation smoothed the way Friday for likely Senate passage of their handiwork, overcoming last-minute disagreements at the bill's controversial core and tacking on other items certain to build support.
June 21, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Food Network Drops Paula Deen After N-Word Controversy Looks like Paula Deen's apology hasn't smoothed things over. Food Network has dropped Paula Deen amidst the N-word controversy that erupted yesterday, putting an end to such...
June 21, 2013 - E! Online
Border security amendment offered in Senate WASHINGTON—Supporters of bipartisan immigration legislation smoothed the way Friday for likely Senate passage of their handiwork, overcoming last-minute disagreements at the bill's controversial core and tacking on other items certain to build support.
June 21, 2013 - Denver Post
John McCain in USA Today If there are some unneeded and unwanted complexities in this legislation, they could probably be smoothed out,said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
Scott Dixon in USA Today Like any long distance race, it is all down to reliability,said Dixon, like Franchitti and de Ferran former Indianapolis 500 winners. "We had some issues (with the car) in the early testing, but things have smoothed out this week. ... But...