Word: comforts
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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What is odd is that Harvard defenders are willing and enthusiastic about performing this thankless heroism week after week. They leave the comfort of the stands, the solace of their companions in misery on the homeward trek over the Anderson Bridge, and, in some cases, their dates. In exchange, they have an opportunity to be punched, kicked, knocked down, disrobed, and robbed by hordes of boisterous invaders from other colleges and waves of enterprising gamins...
During the current congressional campaign scarcely a candidate has neglected an opportunity to accuse his opponent of knowingly or unknowingly lending aid and comfort to the Communists. The Korean War has so increased the sensitivity of United States public opinion to the threat of Communism, the politicians think, that fierce opposition to it will be a better political asset than an admirable home life and advocacy of virtue...
...still forbidden by law to sit in Britain's House of Commons, and liable to a fine of ?500 for each day they do so. The old Tory gesture of spite against Tooke had come home to roost. From the present Parliament, where divisions are too close for comfort, the council decision effectively banned a pulpitless Church of Ireland clergyman named J. G. MacManaway, who was recently elected Tory M.P. from West Belfast...
...Angeles, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Gordon Evans Dean assured reporters that the U.S. stock of atom bombs was undoubtedly larger than Russia's but added, "That's not much comfort, because 10, 20 or 30 bombs is far too many for anyone to have...
...Cold Comfort. In Rochester, George R. Schiemer of the State Frozen Food Locker Association cheerfully announced that "one of the safest places to be in the event of an atomic explosion" is in a frozen-food locker...