Word: comforts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...talks for as long as he could. Sadat told Kissinger that he was prepared to assent to a "declaration of non-warlike intentions" in which both sides would agree not to use force to "settle the Middle East crisis." The Israelis felt that the formulation was too vague for comfort...
...Angeles, except that transvestism has always fascinated the British and the L.A. scene is almost as kinky. For this show, the orchestra seats have been ripped from the floor of Broadway's Belasco Theater and small café tables substituted. These are jammed together without regard for comfort or pleasure. Drinks are served throughout the evening, and in the present instance, customers are advised to get as bombed as the show. ∙T.E.Kalem
...short lines remind you a little of "Subterranean Homesick Blues" but it's sad to see Dylan reduced to saying "Life is sad" and affecting a Marlboro-country tough-guy stance about it, offering the comfort of superior sexual performance to his "honey baby." Even "Tangled Up In Blue," the second-best song on the album, can only offer something that sounds like it comes off a poster...
Among those problems was January's .8% drop in the average number of weekly hours worked and 1.2% decline in real gross average weekly earnings. Another twelve major labor areas were added to the list of places with "substantial"-6% or more-unemployment. The only comfort was provided by a rise of .6% in the consumer price index, the lowest increase since April 1974-an indication that the recession is slowing the rate of inflation...
...race now is to prevent even a minor recurrence of such a tragedy. But in a place where the basic elected salary is $42,500 and the average white-collar Government worker gets a secure $16,000 a year, and millions of dollars can be manipulated for "comfort," the sense of urgency sometimes lags...