Word: comfortable
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...year when two Sondheim musicals, Merrily and West Side Story, are being staged at Harvard, even the most devoted fan cannot complain. Sondheim fans can draw comfort from the knowledge that in both lean years and fat, the AIDS Coalition will be putting on polished performances of some of the cleverest music ever...
...fast-growing form of employee health benefit, such employee-assistance programs are now available to workers at four out of five FORTUNE 500 firms. Among the largest providers: Human Affairs International, based in Murray, Utah, and American Psychiatric Management of Arlington, Va. The confidential services offer the kind of comfort, caring and guidance once sought from relatives, neighbors and churches. The callers are typically seeking help with problems that include alcoholism, loneliness, marital stress and layoffs. The help-line workers provide some comforting words, make an initial assessment of the problem and refer callers to professional aid ranging from self...
After his 0-0 game with Aziz ended, Baker remarked that the U.S. welcomed "any and all diplomatic efforts to solve this crisis peacefully," but he repeatedly singled out Perez de Cuellar's efforts to the exclusion of the others. Washington found comfort in the notion that the U.N. chief presumably would be bound to insist on an unconditional Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait, since that is the demand contained in the 12 resolutions adopted by the U.N. Security Council since the invasion last August. Perez de Cuellar did bring . Saddam something new to mull over: a formal proposal that once...
...vacation spots can match Yosemite National Park's rare combination of wild beauty and civilized comfort. At the Ahwahnee Hotel, guests book reservations a year in advance to watch the alpenglow off the majestic Half Dome from cozy rooms equipped with TVs and minibars. When not ice skating, skiing or hiking through the mountain slopes clad with ponderosa pines, visitors can patronize a pizza parlor, a gourmet deli, a one-hour photo service, an automatic bank teller and, of course, a gift shop full of coffee mugs and T shirts with the Yosemite logo...
That was about the cheeriest sentiment Americans could manage last week, as the country caroled, gift-wrapped and tinseled its way through the holidays in search of some deeper tidings of comfort and joy. For those with a global perspective, there is plenty to inspire gratitude this season: the country is not (yet) at war; there are families in Romania, Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia sharing the holidays in freedom and safety for the first time; Frank Sinatra just celebrated his 75th birthday. But try as they will to count blessings, many Americans who read the newspapers, check their bank statements...