Word: comforted
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...Fast-forward to today. On Aug. 30 the Dalai Lama landed in Taiwan to comfort and bless victims of Typhoon Morakot, one of the deadliest storms to strike the island. The Chinese leadership's reaction to the Dalai Lama's presence? Simply that it "resolutely opposes this." Beijing canceled or downgraded some bilateral events, but these were not deal breakers. For Beijing, which has fired missiles toward Taiwan in the past, the action was akin to throwing a snowball. In fact, on the Dalai Lama's first full day in Taiwan, the two sides, once the most implacable of foes...
Competing franchises have sprung up, but only one, Comfort Keepers, has expanded abroad. Besides, there's plenty of business to go around. Even in dismal 2008, the industry expanded. While some clients have trimmed hours in the downturn, new ones just keep coming. This wave of seniors seems unstoppable, says Sheila McMackin, president of the National Private Duty Association, an industry trade group. "I've never seen anything like...
...from Hoovervilles, of course. But it's not hard to imagine, if we're not careful, a country sprouting listless Obamavilles: idled workers minivanning aimlessly through overleveraged cul-de-sacs with no way to pay their mortgages, no health care, little hope of meaningful work and only the hot comfort of angry politics...
...next time you pass out on that toilet bowl throwing up luscious chunks of HUDS popcorn chicken after a long night of regrettable, irresponsible drinking, comfort yourself with one thought: you’re probably not suffering from “drunkorexia...
...door and sitting at people's kitchens talking to them in small settings about life and sharing dreams and our stories. That's what service does. It's, you know, that's the indirect but very important outcome of community service is that it forces us out of our comfort zones and into one another's lives in a series of conversations that remind us who we are and why we're all here. And we're all really pushing for the same thing in the end. We just tend to forget that. Service is a way to remind...