Word: comfortable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enters an empty house of worship: "Once I am sure there's nothing going on/ I step inside, letting the door thud shut." That offhand "nothing going on" builds slowly to signify a loss of faith, of ritual and communal practices. There are no tears, but neither is there comfort; we are, for better and worse...
Minor changes will also be made to improve comfort and appearance, such as the addition of new carpets, wall coverings and room-by-room temperature control, the letter said...
...celestial intruder was nearly half a million miles away, but considering the devastation a direct hit could have caused, the flyby was too close for comfort...
Texas officials credited the discovery of El Padrino's cult in part to Mexico City's drug crackdown along the border, but that was small comfort to the families of Mark Kilroy and the other dead. As relatives of more than 100 missing people crowded Matamoros' funeral homes to learn if their loved ones were among the victims, whispers of other demonic bands and hideous deeds swept the Rio Grande valley. As preposterous as the rumors were, they would have sounded far more bizarre a week ago, before the tale of El Padrino and his followers became known...
...halftime Crimson lead was too close for comfort...