Word: comfortable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Corps got some comfort from the biggest "blackout" yet staged by the U.S. Army. In part of the defense sector, 66 towns were darkened to find out: whether voluntary cooperation by citizens could achieve a blackout efficient enough to baffle night bombers. Answer: No. Inability to darken scattered rural homes and keep cars off highways* in so large an area defeated the blackout. Bombers found their way with ease, theoretically wrecked Fort Bragg...
...intelligence. Second unit of a new Holland-America fleet,* she enjoyed the distinction of being the only transatlantic ship ever built with a private bath in every passenger cabin. A neat combination of freighter and passenger ship, her high-set midship superstructure is calculated to provide first-class passenger comfort at tourist rates ($253 round trip), while her low-slung fore & aft cargo decks make money on freight. The Noordam cost $2,300,000, can carry 9,000 tons of cargo, 120 passengers...
Impressed by Comfort of Colleges...
Comparing American to German students, Goldstein was much impressed by the material comfort and beautiful campuses of American Universities and the uninhibited eagerness of the American student in class discussions. German students, he continued, have greater freedom in electing courses and do not have so many examinations...
...small comfort to say, "Well the same thing happened in 1926 when we lost the curtain raiser to Geneva, and then we didn't do so badly after that." For the Brown game should have been won; Harvard did not click often, but when they did, they were the best team...