Word: comforts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...those looking for someone or something to blame for any sad situation. Bertrand Russell once said: "We do not like to be robbed of an enemy: we want someone to hate when we suffer." I blame, instead of an oil company, only my own unrestrained desires for material comfort...
...prevent hoaxes, the go-between would be supplied with a code word: Susan, the name of the younger of Murphy's two teen-age daughters. The hostage added a message of comfort for his wife Virginia, signing off with a reference to one of his favorite authors...
...economic and political hegemony over Europe. He sharply criticized France's Common Market partners, and pointedly noted that the U.S. can supply more of its oil needs from its own production than any European nation or Japan. "We are living in discomfort," said Jobert. "Let those who have comfort understand...
...also used for getting round the ice towns, but purists frown on them, complaining that their racket scares the fish away. Another factor in the growth of ice-fishing has been the development of thermal-layer underwear, which enables the shanty anglers to go calling on their neighbors in comfort. Many anglers bring along outhouses, furnished with "thunder mugs"-pots with disposable plastic liners. Even fishing is largely automated, thanks to the tip-up, a device that raises a red flag or sounds a buzzer when a fish bites. One Midwestern fisherman has trained a dog to rally round...
...what begins in seedy depression evolves into the story of an extraordinary friendship. In addition to the comfort of the bottle, Mrs. Kavanagh had Mrs. Biddulph, a regular drinking buddy whenever she was not serving short sentences for shoplifiting. The two women were different but complementary. Mrs Kavanagh was vulnerable because she was friendly. Her last pinch at the hands of the police came about because she made a public nuisance of herself by muzzily trying to shake strangers hands. Mrs Biddulph survives on a generalized anger about the state's institutuion compassion and the pathetic efforts...