Word: comfortable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them aid and comfort...
...statement in January that the press "understands the need for temporary sacrifice" typifies a failure by government sources to realize that those who are the principal victims of miscarried news are the American public and not their press. To withhold from this public information which might "aid or comfort the enemy" is recognized as essential by every fair-minded citizen; but when the enemy is able, on the other hand, to truthfully contradict statements issued by the War Department on American losses, a situation has arisen that is hardly morale-building. Just such was the case when Secretary...
...times by the problem of feeding 1200 tightly scheduled navy men, and keeping them happy in the process. To cope with the latter emergency, the motherly waitresses of days past have been largely replaced by their faster-moving daughters. As for the mechanics of feeding so large a group, comfort has given way to utility and much needed dining hall space. Doors have been cut through walls, the first floor men's room is now a combination kitchen and serving table, the lower common room is just another dining hall...
Meanwhile the average Mormon, who is fighting as hard for his country as anybody else, might draw what comfort he could from the fact that his church once more (after a ten-year lapse) has a Presiding Patriarch. For this sole Mormon hereditary position the conference last week chose Joseph F. Smith, great-grandson of Founder Joseph Smith's brother Hyrum, who was killed by the same Illinois mob that lynched Joseph in 1844.* The new patriarch is 43, father of five, heads the University of Utah's phonetic department and is one of the best amateur actors...
...chrome mine in California. Hardest-hit of all the gold companies is Homestake Mining, which paid spectacular stock and cash dividends through the '30s. From a high of $60.25 per share in 1940 Homestake dropped to $22 in anticipation of the order. Last week investors could take cold comfort in the fact that the company sits on $15,000,000 in cash and equivalent...