Word: discomfort
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...WISH to call attention to the penny-wise and pound-foolish policy which the Memorial Hall Dining Association is pursuing, in crowding men into tables much to the discomfort of every one. This is especially noticeable in the small room, where, not content with packing forty boarders into very limited quarters, measures are being taken to sit fourteen at each table, instead of twelve. I believe there are more than thirty boarders at Memorial beyond the seating capacity; and, although we are told that this number helps to reduce the cost of living, there are few of us who would...
...contend against. Provision must be made for all manner of untoward circumstances. which may possibly arise, and every imaginable source of trouble which can be foreseen must be removed in advance. The veriest trifle may destroy the success of a boat-race, - bring vexation to the crews and discomfort to thousands of spectators, - and it is therefore the part of wisdom to provide against every conceivable contingency, no matter how remote or improbable...
...presume that if next June's crews are believed to be evenly matched, the attendance will be doubled. But New London offers no facilities for lodging such a multitude over night, or even for supplying it with food for the space of a day; and great dissatisfaction and discomfort would therefore result from delays or postponements. Of course these latter may in any case be brought about by the weather or other uncontrollable cause; but the chance of their occurrence would certainly be increased by any attempt to row subsidiary races on the same day, or even on the previous...
Williams.- The East College hydrant is the source of much discomfort...
...game, when the "muckers," unrestrained in the least degree by the police, rushed in and covered the grounds, was highly discreditable to all those who had the management of the game. The view of the ladies on the lower benches was obstructed for some time, and general discomfort resulted to all who had tickets. We do not believe that the trouble was wholly due to the police, who have hitherto done their part in a satisfactory manner; but the officers of the Foot-Ball Club are rather to blame for not having given the police proper and explicit orders...