1.   Babej is Slovak, and his election in a mostly Hungarian community signified, he said, the smooth relations between Hungarians and Slovaks.

2.   Donaldson said the Texas deal was just a start, and implied that Aetna would go further to smooth relations with care providers.

3.   During his first official visit to Washington on Tuesday, Chretien focused almost exclusively on efforts for smooth relations between the United States and Canada.

4.   In an initial effort at keeping smooth relations, Gov. Tommy G. Thompson of Wisconsin and some colleagues met earlier Sunday in Washington with Dole and other senators.

5.   In recent years, as the Israeli and US governments have enjoyed smooth relations and the peace process progressed, arguments over media bias had quieted.

6.   Indeed, a Tupamaro representative has joined groups of Frente Amplio officials in discussions with U.S. diplomats in efforts to smooth relations in case the left wins on Sunday.

7.   Moreover, the White House worked hard to smooth relations with Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, who wields enormous influence over the day-to-day economy.

8.   Molera is expected to smooth relations with educators, with whom Keegan often feuded because of her criticism of public schools.

9.   Of course, CS Holding has had problems in the past in keeping smooth relations between its commercial and investment bank units.

10.   Some governors, mayors and comptrollers have had relatively smooth relations.