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...only thing that brings me some type of comfort is that she was doing something she loved when she died," he said. "Even on her way to the court she was saying that basketball was something that was very important...
Growing old is, of course, relative; compared to my parents I am a mere puppy. That is no great comfort to me, however, nor, I imagine, is it much comfort to any rising senior who feels a bit overwhelmed by the ever-closer Real World. Yet it is not a simple number that makes me feel distant from the young oarsmen of the Boston Rowing Club; the rowers are almost all 18 and 19, which is, arithmetically, quite close...
Hard-core outdoors enthusiasts still prefer to rough it, but a growing number of families look for comfort first when they head for the hills. As the summer season heats up, car campers are pulling into the nation's parks bearing high-tech tents and other gear to keep the rain away and bugs at bay. Here are some of the cool new tools they're packing Bowled Over This lightweight Orikaso dinnerware travels flat to save space and folds into cups, bowls and plates of various sizes. At a few dollars apiece, they're reusable (and thus environmentally friendly...
Pillowy Pad Soft as your sleeping bag may be, truly cushy camping calls for an extra layer of cushion underneath to support your back. The Therm-a-Rest Women's Trail Comfort mattress, $70, is designed specifically for those whose feet get cold at night: it has extra insulation at the lower...
...Then en route to the Bering Sea, Waddell and his crew had been ignorant of the comfort their efforts lent their stateless president. Nor, for that matter, as they later claimed, did they know that, by then, they sailed without state or purpose. But just as war will have its heroes and its tragedies, so, inevitably will it have its ironies. That the task of firing the final shot associated with that entire four-year ordeal of death and destruction fell to Waddell and the men of his Shenandoah was surely one of them...