Word: comforting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Still, there is some comfort left. The same dispatch that announces this epoch-making event also states that no detailed report of the test was made. No doubt the examiner feared the outburst of parricides and infanticides that must surely follow if he should set son against father and father against son with the report of "better' or "worse"; and decided instead to cool the smoldering fires with a soothing "satisfactory...
...Athletic Association last year makes desirable a policy for expenditures and Improvements covering a considerable time. The reclaiming of the unreclaimed parts of Soldiers Field is of the first importance; a swimming pool is something to hope for; various improvements in and about the Stadium will contribute to the comfort of the crowds who gather there and of these who deal with them. In all such matters the action of the Committee is contingent on the approval of the President and Fellows...
...does not rely on metaphysics to prove that in the United States, which have in the main been consistent in their adherence to the principles of Progressive Individualism, there is today a higher standard of comfort, culture and intelligence than there has ever been in any country at any previous time. He relies on facts and on reasonable interpretations. What he concludes is not what might be called reassuring but it is inspiring. There is much still to be done and in more ways than one it is often good for us to realize that, before us others have achieved...
...shall not suggest that some means of ventilation other than by the windows might be provided: nor shall we hint that the students and instructors who regulate the temperature and salubrity of a room to suit them selves may possibly be blameworthy for their disregard of the health and comfort of others. These things have been said before, and it is our purpose to refute such cruel and groundless insinuations. We are informed. . . .that the purpose in keeping the windows closed is to prevent the escape of the bad air and foul odors, and the terrible mortality among the inhabitants...
There is something impressive and even ominous in any of these pictures. But the creator of "Erewhon" leaves us one small source of comfort. Mechanical contrivances cannot yet propagate their kind...