Word: comfortableness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nothing else, Schwab's resignation focuses renewed attention on BankAmerica's troubles, which can hardly give much comfort to Armacost. Some banking analysts are now predicting a major financial restructuring at the ailing giant, perhaps as early as Thanksgiving...
Many feminists were furious that Rosenberg gave aid and comfort to a company accused of sex discrimination. Rosenberg maintains that the case against Sears was weak and that she merely told the truth about the preferences of some women. Says she: "I was responding to the question: Are there factors other than discrimination that can account for statistical disparities in the work force? And I said yes, and those factors include governmental policies, socialization, family responsibilities, and so forth." The EEOC case was built almost entirely on statistics. It produced no women who said they had been denied high-paying...
...deaths of their mistresses' birds, and trendy Romans kept pet turbot. Today a dog's vita can be just as dolce. Three years ago, Lady Beaverbrook booked all the seats in the business section of a jumbo jet so that she and her pooch could travel in solitary comfort...
...Botha challenged Mugabe and Kaunda to "put their money where their mouth is and introduce comprehensive sanctions against this country." Zambia condemned Pretoria's action as "blackmail and intimidation." Mugabe, on his return to Zimbabwe, told his countrymen to brace themselves for hard times. "All thought of luxury and comfort will have to go," he said. "It is just like...
...thank you for your last-minute counsel that I will need to be an ambitious person to sustain the final hours of release. Said, I pray no one else will have to be an ambitious person." He also described "the small crucifix Ahab gave me" as "a great comfort during the final hours," adding, "In the final minutes of captivity with you, we also talked about our common belief in one God who is merciful and compassionate...