Word: comforting
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Even if we were to believe for a second that Blacks purposely self-segregate (which is proven false by the large number of Blacks living in the river Houses), it must be acknowledged that white students have the comfort of living around other white students regardless of what house in which they live. Why aren't' Black and Latinos allowed that same comfort? After all, Blacks and Latinos have more reason than whites to want to self-segregate due to undying white racism present on this campus and in every stage of our lives...
...women too were intimidated in the beginning, says the ship's assistant operations officer, Commander Jan Hamby. "But," she adds, "a comfort level was eventually established. There was almost a sigh of relief by the women when they realized they weren't walking into a den of chauvinists-and by the men, who realized the women weren't out to charge them with sexual harassment at every turn...
None of which is lost on Murdoch. A vague smile plays across his face. Sitting back on a couch in his New York office beside a wall of silently flickering TV screens, Murdoch says, "I take some comfort in that I would imagine the fcc themselves have got to come up for all sorts of scrutiny from this new Congress." He argues that it doesn't matter in the end how much equity News Corp. owns because he is an American and indisputably controls News Corp. So, he reasons, even the contested 24% share of the Fox stations is ultimately...
...unresponsive to inquiries and one cannot take much comfort from what little it does release. A large percentage of HMC's investment are in non-marketable securities. The result is that HMC has the freedom to decide when to recognize a profit or a loss...
President Clinton says he took some comfort from a new book by one of theVietnamwar's chief architects. Asked by CNN White House correspondent Wolf Blitzer whether he felt vindicated by former President Defense Secretary Robert McNamara's statement this week that the war was a terrible mistake, Clinton replied, "Yes, I do; I know that sounds self-serving, but I do." The conversation occurred off-camera Thursday after CNN taped an interview. White House press secretary Mike McCurry confirmed the exchange today, adding that McNamara's admission "vindicates the views of millions of Americans, including President Clinton, that...