Word: comforts
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...added that of daily hearing the voice of the radio deride the courage, loyalty and dignity of the English in the forefront of the battle, who cover themselves with glory by resisting alone, after so many betrayals. To the insults of wicked Frenchmen, the British answer with words of comfort, and with acts which rekindle the hope of the other French people of France, of the other French people who are much more numerous than one suspects-all those who listen to the broadcasts of the BBC as if near a wide open window where pure air enters...
...rundown old cotton & woolen textile industry, a large auto supplier which is getting huge orders from Army & Navy. (Already Washington is quietly discouraging Detroit from ordering its wool too far in advance.) Another, vital to makers of accessories, is the zinc industry, for which business is too good for comfort. Zincmen like to sell about 600,000 tons a year, at a tariff-protected price. Their present production rate is 748,000 tons, with another 41,000 tons of capacity on the way. But Defense Commissioner Leon Henderson has a hawk's-eye on their price quotations...
...unduly alarmed. . . . You are dealing with intelligent and enlightened people and you needn't fear an unjustifiable act on our part-on the contrary-our little captive (guest, rather) will be most charmingly treated while in our care and shall enjoy every consideration for physical and mental comfort. . . . We are certain this little interlude will not leave any unpleasant memories or impressions for the future. . . . We trust you will remain cool and collected and yet at the same time realize the seriousness of the situation-do not be confused by our politeness. . . . We mean business. . . . Wait until you have...
...long now-everything will be all right." Piped a 13-year-old girl: "Don't worry, nurse. The British Navy won't let us down." A London publisher held a dead baby in his lap, pretended to feed it from its bottle to comfort the dying mother. Another Londoner tried to help by caring for the dead. "I said as much of the burial service as I could remember," he said, "before dropping them overboard...I burried 24 persons, men, women and children, during the 24 hours...
...John Price Jones, high-powered professional fund raiser, the drive last week fell far short of its goal. Total raised: $5,035,000. Borne out were recent warnings by President Robert Maynard Hutchins of University of Chicago that U. S. universities faced a decline in gifts. Taking what comfort it could from the fact that 18,000 donors had contributed to its fund, Pennsylvania inscribed their names on an honor roll, placed it, together with other mementos, in a stainless steel box to be opened at the university's 300th anniversary...