Word: discomfort
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...Story. You can't sit on both sides of a fence simultaneously without great discomfort. And the way of the capitalist is not as easy as you think. John Graham, youngest director of the banking house of Graham & Co., was seriously handicapped by having on his hands simultaneously one of the world's greater fortunes, a labor war in a coal district, and a love affair with socialistic Rhoda, who will have none of him unless he first gets rid of his money...
...Spectator (London), independent Conservative weekly, contained this statement: "This is a new reading of English history, under which Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights become simply the public expression of the Englishman's dislike of discomfort and inconvenience- not by any means an unattractive reading!" priest, Don Sturzo, the Party professed undying hostility to Benito; but, because the Premier was trying to conciliate the Catholics, many members of the Party sympathized with him, seceded, became political nonentities...
...followed my mother. In the church there were many lights and on the altar, in a little flowered crib, the Child born in the night. It was all picturesque and it satisfied my fancy. The odor of the incense alone disturbed me so that sometimes it gave me unbearable discomfort. At last the notes of the organ closed the ceremony. The crowd swarmed out. Along the street was a satisfied chatter. At midday there smoked on our table the traditional and excellent noodles of Romagna...
...powdered glass and active chemicals in the head of the match. This is a mild-mannered, quiet sort of a substance, it doesn't catch fire in the air until you heat it quite hot, it won't dissolve in anything, and it can be eaten without any discomfort...
When a managerial candidate has graduated from the blanket-tending-towel-gathering state he is immediately confronted with the problems of the perfect host. In not a few American colleges he can provide for the discomfort of the visiting teams by assigning then members to widely separated fraternity houses; in other, propriety demands that the athletic guests be banished to the hotel, nearest the railroad tracks--where sleep is an infrequent luxury. Departure from the usual routine of entertainment, however, is usually forgiven in a busy land where the overworked candidates find it difficult to keep abreast of the current...