Word: comforted
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...soldiers simply fade away. Janko Bobetko, 83 and ailing, had been keeping a low profile in Zagreb, intent on living out his days in the quiet comfort of the villa he shares with Magdalena, his wife of 57 years. That was before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia banged hard on Bobetko's door in the Croatian capital's tranquil Tuskanac neighborhood - and demanded to see him in the Hague. The tribunal's five-count indictment, unsealed on Sept. 20, charges Bobetko, the Croatian army's former Chief of Staff, with "crimes against humanity" and "violations...
...It’s all about comfort,” proclaimed Teddy...
...victim might walk into one hospital and go home with the small comfort that at least she’s not carrying her rapist’s child, but a women taken to another hospital could walk out not even knowing the very existence of a safe pill that prevents pregnancy...
Already Dreams' Prince is chafing at critics' "trying to make a big deal of the trend. 'In the shadow of 9/11,'" he says, "'are people looking back for comfort?' Well, yes. Shouldn't they be? That's what [TV] is supposed to do." (Yes, NBC promoted Dreams heavily during its Sept. 11-anniversary coverage.) These shows aren't alone. Besides the Twilight Zone, this season offers remakes of such cold-war fare as Family Affair, Dragnet and The Time Tunnel. Hairspray has brought a campier take on the early '60s to Broadway. And, as Littlefield notes...
...months it has been clear the White House had no intention of accepting anything short of ousting Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. In August, Vice President Dick Cheney called a return of weapons inspectors “dangerous,” saying they would provide “false comfort...