Word: comforting
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...word “nuclear” as God intended it to be pronounced. But before we mope from used bookstore to used bookstore, picking up dog-eared copies of “Bushisms: Volume Eight” and trying to relive old times, let’s take comfort. Sure, we may not be laughing at the President of the United States. But neither is anyone else. And maybe that’s a good thing...
...Some economists - for now a minority, to be sure - believe the U.S. is at serious risk of a deflationary spiral, even if just a quarter ago, inflation was above the Fed's comfort zone of 2% to 3%. "Compared to Japan's problem a decade ago, this crisis is unfolding much faster and spreading wider due to financial globalization," says Shanghai-based independent economist Andy Xie. A financial system unable or unwilling to lend, a tapped out U.S. consumer, and business now retrenching - and laying people off - all are a formula for possible deflation. What's so wrong with declining...
...Heels "Heeling Power" gives various explanations for why women choose to wear stiletto heels but ignores serious and feminist analyses of the sources of this so-called choice [Oct. 13]. The style can be viewed as analogous to the old Chinese tradition of foot-binding in its restrictions on comfort, mobility and even safety in the name of a socially constructed "femininity." I will never wear them. Does pole-dancing also signal this convergence of feminine beauty and authority? Cerise Morris, Montreal
...ongoing economic crisis has brought down corporate giants such as Lehman Brothers, prompted the major buyout of Merrill, and sent many outbound Harvardians into the real world without the comfort of a surefire money-making contract in their back pocket. But while we’ve all been watching these titans battle, the less-followed everyday industries suffer too, and in particular, an industry near and dear to our hearts—print publications. If you thought “The Bubble” couldn’t be burst, think again. 02138, a magazine by Harvard alumni, for Harvard...
When the Obama "Mobile Comfort Team" arrived at 5:30 this morning outside the Olive Branch Baptist Church in Kansas City's Brookside neighborhood, they found a line wrapped around the building in advance of the 6 a.m. opening. The volunteers were met with cheers when they began handing out chocolate chip cookies. Determined to make the long lines more bearable for Missouri voters, the Obama team was also provisioned with coffee, magazines, camp chairs, children's books and trail mix. They said that a licensed massage therapist was planning to tour the urban precincts, giving free neck massages...