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Word: comforts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...odds over Cyprus; and France's Giscard, his V-E day proclamation notwithstanding, refuses to attend the meeting of NATO heads of state that will convene in Brussels later this month. Almost despite themselves, the Europeans seem to be heading toward Brussels hoping to find warmth and comfort in the glow of a chastened President Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The summit is being viewed conveniently, but also realistically, as the first sign that the U.S. is not slinking away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: View from the Balcony | 5/19/1975 | See Source »

COME OUT TO PLAY by ALEX COMFORT 182 pages. Crown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Less Joy | 5/19/1975 | See Source »

...story: During exam period last June, a student became so worried about an upcoming final that he asked his roommate to smash his finger with a hammer. The roommate obliged, with some precautions taken for his friend's safety and comfort, and the distraught student suffered his way into an airtight medical excuse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Handling Grade Panic | 5/12/1975 | See Source »

...independence, peace, neutrality and non-alignment." Some observers thought that the statement was not directed so much at the U.S. as at Hanoi, which used Cambodia as a staging and resupply area for the war in South Viet Nam for more than a decade. But that would be cold comfort for the U.S. if a much-feared "bloodbath" were to happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: The Last Grim Goodbye | 5/12/1975 | See Source »

Florida is suffering a fire storm of scandals. Indictments and investigations are now pending against dozens of public servants, including former U.S. Senator Edward Gurney. Sadly, the judiciary offers Florida's citizens no comfort: the seven-man supreme court has been hit hardest by the scandals. Last week the third justice in little more than a year quit under a cloud, and a fourth may face impeachment. It was by far the worst series of court disgraces since 1965, when four members of the nine-judge Oklahoma supreme court were implicated in fixes and bribes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Appearance of Evil | 5/12/1975 | See Source »

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