Word: comforting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stop. For the opening of Colorado Territory in Denver, she had to ride horseback to the theater through a heavy downpour. ("How," pleaded Virginia, "do you put the top up on a horse?") On the way to Denver, press-agents stopped her train so that she could leave the comfort of her compartment to act as "guest engineer...
...actor's efforts do not salvage much of the film. I cannot believe that this production is very true to Sitwell; it has no wit or lightness. In fact, the whole mediocre picture looks much too much like an American production for comfort. The disease may very likely be spreading...
...rate of interest has been declining over a long period. Harvard suffered no serious drop in its total return on investment last year, but there remains the danger that the recession may suddenly worsen and thus take a bigger chunk out of investment income. However, the University takes comfort in its continued conservative investment policy. Harvard's capital is much safer than that of schools whose need for higher returns has made them switch to more risky investments...
...find some comfort in the fact," he continued in his characteristic high-pitched voice, "that we have a long-range bomber that can fly from any base in the world, attack targets in the range of 4,000 miles and return home." It was obvious that "workers live near factories and that if you bomb the factories, you may bomb the people . . . Any great injury you can inflict upon the morale of that nation," he added, "contributes to the victory . . . We are all aware of the awful penalty if we lose the war." As for morality-"war itself is immoral...
Income: Enough to live "in comfort" and gratify "whims...