Word: discomfort
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...after years of argument, Congress appropriated money to build a suitable home for the Supreme Court, which for nearly 70 years had been meeting in dusty discomfort in the original Senate chamber in the Capitol. Chairman of the building committee was Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who easily persuaded his fellow members to appoint white-haired, dignified Cass Gilbert as architect...
Hence one day Secretary Morgenthau went to Capitol Hill to answer questions. Mr. Morgenthau was squirming in quiet discomfort...
...Cross nurse serving in the Adventist hospital, broke her leg jumping into a trench for safety. They were rushed to Addis Ababa by plane. Typical of the reaction of newshawks was that of Herald Tribune Correspondent Linton Wells. For weeks he has chafed publicly at the dirt and discomfort of the country, the surliness of minor Ethiopian officials. Yet no sooner had his ears stopped ringing from the bombing raid than he rushed to his typewriter to start his daily dispatch thus: "I witnessed today one of the most inhumane acts of warfare it has been my misfortune...
Drinking is a matter of personal conduct and matters of personal conduct at Harvard are determined by each student. Yet educated men who possess complete freedom in their actions must accept accompanying responsibilities. When they exercise their right to drink freely, they are not entitled to discomfort others, to endanger lives unnecessarily, or to create public disturbance which discredits the College. Should they disregard these obligations, they must take the consequences of their failure...
...biography of a man of letters, the career of Henry van Dyke (The Story of the Other Wise Man) is one of the most ironic in the history of U. S. culture. Sophisticated readers may ignore his achievements, may feel considerable discomfort that such a writer could be widely hailed and honored as a U. S. spokesman at a time when stronger talents were condemned to frustration and neglect. Nor are such readers likely to derive much enjoyment from Tertius van Dyke's pious biography of his father, with its exact and well-documented accounts of Henry van Dyke...