Word: comfortability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Tomassoni was great to me that night--really, a class gentleman. He took me into his room and was a source of strength and comfort for me for several hours, along with Harvard trainer Dick Emerson and WHRB cronies Eric Adelson and Jim Cowie...
...NASA finding gives little comfort to those who still believe that volcanism alone did in the dinosaurs. But they are encouraged by a novel "double-whammy" theory suggesting that an impact on one side of the earth could produce massive volcanic activity at the antipode -- a point directly opposite on the far side -- and that the combined effect would cause disaster. Says Jon Hagstrum, the U.S. Geological Survey paleomagneticist who co-authored the theory: "This would be the best way to trigger worldwide mass extinctions because you have both hemispheres affected...
NAFTA boosters have noted all along that when dollars head south, it means American consumers are enjoying lower prices. Critics deemed this anti- inflationary tonic a bourgeois concern, cold comfort to workers who lost jobs in the process. But 1994 brought a blunt reminder that when we fail to subdue inflation, the Federal Reserve will step in; and its favorite weapon, higher interest rates, will surely cost jobs in the long run. Thus today's gain for consumers may be tomorrow's gain for workers (not to mention the fact that most consumers are workers...
...recently plagued the Freshman Union. I was unable to stand, could not stop vomiting and was running a fever. It was the beginning of a long weekend, and I called the UHS urgent care clinic. I was escorted by car to UHS, where I was examined and admitted with comfort and efficiency. I spent two nights in the Stillman infirmary hooked up to an intravenous unit. My doctor came to check on me every day that weekend, explained what I had and told me how we would remedy it. It was as pleasant a stay as I have ever...
...comfort level at all [with this decision]," said Fantini, who added an amendment to the decision which he hopes will increase parent involvement and input in the health center...