Word: comfortably
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...American Airlines, whose headforemost policy was born entirely of passenger comfort in planes out of level flight-attitude on the ground, now ascertains individual passenger preference before making up berths...
Gradually, painfully, Piet began to find his niche. A friendly planter got him a native housekeeper; her respectful affection and competent managing gave him some degree of comfort. He worked hard, never took a holiday until the doctor made him, saved every guilder. About the time rubber prices began to boom Piet's antlike qualities landed him a really good job on an isolated island. Then his boss catspawed him into marrying a European mistress who was getting troublesome. Piet, who was innocent enough to think the girl was in love with him, was overjoyed, gave his faithful brown...
...lucky. When Francesca married Adrian it was a love-match, and their son Robin was no accident. But Adrian was such a drifter that Francesca finally cut loose from him, tied up to the solider character of Frederick. The child of their marriage was born not only to comfort but security. From the triumphantly peaceful room where Francesca lies with her infant daughter the story reaches out into surrounding space and time: to unhappy Adrian, drifting between casual beds and bars, writing his ex-wife vague British congratulations from a cafe in Venice; to prolific Mrs. Ramage in the maternity...
...natures. It is now definitely certain that Mr. Hearst's enemies have been shameless liars: his advertisement assures us that he is in favor of "American independence, American rights and liberties, free speech, free assembly, freedom of thought and action, and freedom of the press." What a comfort to know that no longer will the Hearst papers attempt to muzzle the Communist agitator who has his own unwavering belief in free speech! No more will proponents of teachers' and students' oaths in our legislatures receive the support of Mr. Hearst's hitherto misdirected journals. Such a policy would...
...literary scrap-book- Swedish and Biblical legends, reminiscences, travel sketches, reprinted speeches. And the book is not an anthology of brilliant blossoms; epigrammarians will find slim pickings here. But for stout-hearted oldsters who still swear by convention, old fashions, common sense and straight talk, Harvest will be a comfort and a quotable aid. Author Lagerlöf, like all her contemporaries, has been through the mill; unlike most of them, her final comment transcends platitude: "Thanks and praise be to God that the hard truth came wrapped in happy memories, in feelings of regret and gratitude...