31.   Hundreds of transit employees were deployed to smooth the way for riders finding their inaugural passage with the Metrocard about as easy as learning a new dance.

32.   House Speaker Newt Gingrich is considering a proposal to name the Justice Department headquarters after Robert F. Kennedy to smooth the way to rename National Airport after President Reagan.

33.   I now have a hired hand I call Stinky Pinky to smooth my way through the push-button jungle.

34.   I used a similar approach to smooth the way for a successful alliance between Nissan and Renault.

35.   In smoothing the way for lasting romances between Washington and Hollywood, Broadway and even Nashville, Cause Celebre aims to solve some perplexing problems.

36.   It begins with a phone call, simply to smooth the way.

37.   Late this afternoon the four lawmakers, appearing side by side, called the session valuable and said they had smoothed the way to go forward.

38.   Ms. Copeland said a resolution will smooth the way for a capital fund drive for the restoration project.

39.   NATO and the European Union had demanded the change, which lawmakers hope will smooth the way to an invitation to join the defense alliance.

40.   New technology has smoothed the way for executives like Doumet Eljuri to study far from their home countries.