Word: comforting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Diamond T had bumps aplenty during the fierce competition of the early '20s, but Tilt pulled through by reinforcing his dealer setup, pioneering high-speed trucks, heavy-duty engines, full-floating axles, other engineering improvements. Always a bug on style and comfort, Art snagged many a sale with cosy, heated, cabs, flashy nickel radiators, etc. And Diamond T broadened its line, in 1940 had 40 models ranging from one-ton panel deliveries to giant 15-tonners...
Here Phillips Brooks House steps in every year, with its old clothes drive, aimed at the comfort of as many as can be helped by the discarded suits, clothes, sweaters of Harvard men. Apart from the general sentiment, the clothes are genuinely appreciated, especially during a winter when fuel oil will be rationed. Thus, helping the old clothes drive, either by donating or soliciting, is a contribution to the welfare of the Community surrounding the College...
...Several of the contemporary German generals . . . too capable for our comfort, are more than...
Partnership Party. The Axis could take no comfort from the election, and made only the feeblest attempts to do so. As concerned the war, the mandate was clear: the Republican Party was now a full-fledged partner. No longer could the Republican minority in Congress sit by as grandstand critic, make its protests for the record, leave policy up to the New Deal, take none of the responsibilities and wait to capitalize on the mistakes. Henceforth, if the war went badly, the G.O.P. would share the blame...
...everything else. Eight of us huddle in the shelter, sweating and praying. The worst experience I've ever been through in my life. ... It goes on for hour after hour. I begin trembling. It is uncontrollable. Francis McCarthy and I clutch each other's hands for mutual comfort...