Word: comforting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...need or even want it. A company pension, plus income from savings and investments, should keep me and my wife in comfort for however long we live. But even if I resist the temptation until 2001, I can then expect a letter urging me to apply for a Social Security pension. After age 70, there are no more restrictions: I'll be entitled to Social Security checks even if I'm still working...
...stranded on a desert isle, about the only comfort a notebook computer can offer is a nice long game of solitaire. The right watch, on the other hand, might save your life. Breitling's Emergency watch comes with a tiny transmitter that sends a distress signal that can be picked up by search planes or rescue boats as much as 250 miles away...
...July 29 and I'm going to see Sarah Ban Breathnach, whose name is pronounced Bon Brannock. She is the author of Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, a 500-page meditation to help women find fulfillment by appreciating what they already have. It has been on the best-seller list for 70 weeks, with 2.2 million copies in print. (A companion journal zoomed onto best-seller lists last month--an astonishing feat for a virtually blank book.) Simple Abundance's entry for this day is "The Home as a Hobby," in which she suggests that cleaning...
...control over the name, image and reputation of Elvis, it managed to both redefine American publicity law and revolutionize the marketing of dead celebrities--a not inconsiderable achievement in an era of rampant nostalgia and digital technology. When you see John Wayne in a beer commercial, you can take comfort in the knowledge that it is thanks to EPE's efforts that his heirs have a piece of the action...
...Remove all Senate-confirmed appointees, including Cabinet officers, from any fund-raising activities. All recent Presidents sent top Cabinet officers and officials to raise money in their name. Administration appointees are currently faced with the impossible situation of carrying out policy while at the same time providing care and comfort to party donors...