Word: comfortable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...King Edward had he not carried them off to Fort Belvedere, intending to sign them there. A tendency for such papers to become scattered about and even blow out into the garden was a feature of the last reign, and new King George last week was a very great comfort to the British Cabinet in this respect. When His Majesty is asked to sit down and sign a paper by his Principal Private Secretary, the King first observes whether it is the paper it is supposed to be, duly forwarded for royal signature by the proper British authorities, and then...
...party of the first part agrees to love, honor and cherish the party of the second part, and to keep unto him as her lawful husband forever; and the party of the second part agrees to love, comfort and cherish the party of the first part as his lawful wife forever...
...single U. S.-born wife among the career men on his staff. Beset by thoughts of tattling tongues and divided loyalties, he complained to his good friend President Roosevelt that his staff dinners resembled League of Nations functions, that he could not speak his mind in comfort...
...adage is true that one must go abroad to hear news of home. Stories of big week-ends drift back slowly; and viewed from the calm comfort of sobriety, incidents which were heartbreakingly disappointing are not without their tinges of humour...
...conserves, protects and defends all personal property, income from savings, household goods, and other objects of private use and comfort," he stated, adding that "in this respect we are hard-bolled Tories...