Word: comfortable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...unbeaten, unscored-on footballers nervously pulled on their togs. A sign on the wall in Evanston's Dyche Stadium was meant to be reassuring: "You are as good as the next guy. [He] pulls his pants on one leg at a time, too." It was small comfort: the beef-trusters (up to 250 Ibs.) in the Minnesota dressing room wore much bigger pants...
...also laid out the factory with an eye to the comfort of her 1,000 workers; it has tinted windows to eliminate glare, a drive-in entrance with a long canopy to keep workers dry on rainy days. Nellie's workers have their own five-acre country club, where they can entertain friends at luncheons and parties. They can get good meals at Nellie's cafeteria at 1938 prices (the difference is Nellie's loss...
...week Arthur the Alley Cat enjoyed the comfort of his surroundings in the coal bin of Agassiz. Yesterday he decided to show his gratitude. Arthur brought a live mouse into the girls' smoking room at Agassiz...
...Seminar, students and faculty alike dressed strictly for comfort. All food was imported from Switzerland and served in a large central dining room...
...trade? Would he still have to stand in line 20 minutes or more for a seat in the diner? Would trains still lurch like a wounded moose on jolting roadbeds? Perhaps what the passenger really wanted was less fluorescent and chromium luxury and more plain, old-fashioned convenience and comfort...