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Word: comfortable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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From his first major defeat the President could pluck a few bits of comfort. The waterway project split the ranks of both parties, and votes were determined mainly by sectional issues. Said Funnyman Will Rogers: "Every Senator voted against it if it didn't run by his house." Although he had pressed firmly for the treaty's ratification the President did not at the last moment roll up his sleeves and try to whip reluctant Senators into line. Even Leader Robinson made no stirring final appeal. Because it has more important measures to ram through, the Administration refrained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Honeymoon's End | 3/26/1934 | See Source »

HARVARD YALE Ernst, rf. lf., Nikkel Grady, lf. rf., DeAngelis Boys, c. c., Wilson Fletcher, rg. lg., Miles Comfort, lg. rg., Reese...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON QUINTET FACES ELI TEAM IN LAST GAME | 3/17/1934 | See Source »

...will take the offensive positions in the fore court while Gene Merry and Captain Joe Ferriter will be on the reserve list, awaiting the call to perform in their last game for the Crimson. Dick Boys will resume his place at the pivot position while Dick Fletcher and Dan Comfort will play in the rear court...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON QUINTET FACES ELI TEAM IN LAST GAME | 3/17/1934 | See Source »

...summary: HARVARD CORNELL Ernst, Ferriter, rf. rf., Ferraro, Wilson Grady, Merry, lf. lf., Freed, Taylor Boys, Morse, c. c., Voelker, Downer Fletcher, rg. rg., Houck, Stofer Comfort, Henderson, lg. lg., Foote, Dykes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORNELL FIVE DEFEATS CRIMSON CAGERS, 34 - 23 | 3/12/1934 | See Source »

...were: 1) Life is worth living. If it isn't we ought to stand the unemployed up and shoot them or let them starve as our financial interests now blandly permit. 2) Most people don't know yet there are enough goods for them to live in comfort. The schools never gave us any notion that with proper organization we could have all we want. 3) There must be national control of industry and means of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Columbians to Cleveland | 3/12/1934 | See Source »

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