Word: comforting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...offers dramatic perspectives of the grand outdoor Pyramid and the majestic facades of the other wings. Wherever possible, in fact, Pei has sought to provide windows that open the museum on to the city outside and permit visitors to orient themselves. Perhaps Pei's greatest concession to visitor comfort was to include five rest rooms in the new wing, compared with two in all of the old museum. Pei's lighting system, which prevails throughout the upper-floor painting departments, is an inventive mix of natural and electric light. His solution to Paris' wide seasonal variations was to place...
...insisted that the helter-skelter quality of the place would even out over time and eventually resemble other presidencies. But the line has changed, and officials now realize that Clinton does best in an atmosphere of siege, likes to make enormous changes at the last minute, and takes some comfort in knowing that however bad it might seem now, it was even worse for his idol John F. Kennedy. The continuing crisis will continue. "That's life," said policy adviser George Stephanopoulos last week. "We're going to have to do it a couple of more times...
...dose of televangelism. He only becomes overbearing as she realizes her wants and needs are different. In a reposeful moment in bed with him, she wryly thinks to herself, "We are all suckers for the tender, cozy life." Gradually she pulls away from this relationship. Ruby has always been comfortable with herself, she has always relied on herself to get through life, but by the film's end her self-reliance has become a pleasure and comfort and not just a necessity...
Even if the future seems foreboding, Ng can take comfort in the success of "The Joy Luck Club." "I'm so proud, so happy, so honored to have been a part of it. It really does something for the Asian community--we've always been passive, and I feel that this movie has vindicated us for our silence. We have spoken...
...ubiquitous friend gives a tasty kick to those most comfy of comfort foods, Cambell's chicken soup. According to the Institute of FoodTechnologists, the average American consumes abouthalf a gram of MSG every...