Word: comfortable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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CONCORD, N. H. The opening of several new ski ledges in New Hampshire has been pointed in by the State Planning and Development commission as an indication of continued growth of the winter vacation business and the attention given to the comfort of skiers and other recreational visitors...
...combatting sabotage. But J. Edgar Hoover, the idol of all American boys from sixteen to sixty, has a healthy thirst for publicity in his own right; and his record in the "Red-scare" of the last war plus more recent incidents like the "Detroit recruiting case" afford little comfort. On the other hand, his position in an-executive department necessarily subjects him to a daily check from above, and his staff is undeniably better equipped than that of the Congressional committee...
...considerable percentage of Harvard undergraduates. If it does, I hope that this attitude is the result of propaganda or of one sided teaching and is not evidence of a softness of the younger generation that makes it unable to be moved by considerations other than its immediate comfort and pleasure. The representation of President Conant, in the garb of the Pilgrims, as wildly and thoughtlessly brandishing a gun, is an insult to the President of Harvard, who undoubtedly thought long and earnestly before stating that he believed the United States should go to war. It is also an insult...
According to these societies, the prerequisites necessary to be a pacifist are "intrepidity, contempt for comfort, surrender of private interest, obedience to command." War can be stopped if enough people are determined to pay the cost...
...little sleep might be lost over the lack of scoring punch in the forward line, too. Almost all the booters' victories have been too close for much comfort. Look at the record: they beat Massachusetts State by one lone penalty kick, and ended with only a one point margin in their 4 to 3 win over Williams. In that 1 to 1 tie with Darmouth the boys threatened the Big Green nets enough, but that certain something that would have broken the deadlock was lacking. Yet it must be remembered that there are two efficient Sophomores, Herky Herskovits and Jack...