Word: comforting
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Financially strapped cities can expect a dose of comfort this summer. Congress approved a $1.1 billion urban-aid bill initially developed as an emergency appropriation package after the Los Angeles riots. Much of the funding will go to two agencies that provided disaster relief in L.A., but $500 million has been set aside for 360,000 summer jobs for youths in 75 cities. An additional urban-assistance program is likely to follow...
These intrinsically unattractive shoes, designed mainly for comfort, have become the latest trend in footwear. Cork-soled Birkenstocks and rubber-soled Tevas are spotted on Harvard Square feet with increasing frequency...
Most wearers recently accosted in the Square cite comfort as the main reason for wearing the trendy sandals. The old credo of the fashion-conscious, "It's better to look good than to feel good," appears to falling by the wayside...
...like the style, the look, and the comfort," Lucy Karaszewski of Manassas, Virginia says of her Birkenstocks and those of her two children...
...moment, the American bishops can take comfort in the bedrock loyalty and surprising contentment among women parishioners. But the tug-of-war over the bishops' pastoral letter is only a foretaste of more severe conflicts that lie ahead. Hammered by new views of morality, authority, personal rights, the family and motherhood, the Catholic tradition is increasingly being cast on the defensive in Western nations. Women, whether or not they ever become priests or bishops or Popes, will help determine the outcome...