Word: comforting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just talking money, either). It is not the revelation of unknown aspects of lawerly existence that makes Double Billing a memorable and commendable piece, for its confessions are far from hair-curling; it is Stracher's courage to turn his back on a lifetime of money and material comfort...
Certainly we should continue to have theater that is more rigorous and adventurous in its subject matter and approach to storytelling than Guys and Dolls is. This is especially important in commercial theater, where theatrical comfort food is increasingly all that audiences are willing to consume. But that doesn't mean we should forget old favorites, which, as Guys and Dolls shows, can be artistic and witty and refreshing. "Theater should make you both think and feel," says McGuinness, "but if I had to choose one over the other, I would say it's more important that a show make...
...websites, information sources, entertainment options, cable channels and opinion outlets to suit their tastes and biases. What's gained is more personal empowerment and decentralized control. What may be lost is the bonds that come from sharing a common ground of ideas and experiences, and also the ease and comfort that come with conformity...
...work and family mingled seamlessly for decades in a major corporation--the Holy Grail of many working women today (her grandchildren are in key positions). Carol Phillips, who founded the Clinique line for the company, describes Lauder's management style as highly creative. She conducted business in subtly elegant comfort. "Her conference room was like a dining room, and everything was perfect. In the office were all the pleasant things that go with running a household...
Morita had been groomed since the third grade to become the successor of a 14-generation family business: a prominent sake-brewing company in Nagoya. In true entrepreneurial spirit, however, he traded this life of comfort and privilege for the uncertainties of a start-up, called Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, Inc., in the rubble of postwar Japan...