Word: discomfortable
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...CHIEF FUNCTION IS TO STAY ON THE SET TO SEE THAT THE ACTORS DON'T GO HOME TOO EARLY (TIME, SEPT. 18). I DID MAKE THIS STATEMENT REGARDING ONE DIRECTOR IN PARTICULAR, BUT ITS USE IN YOUR STORY AS A GENERALITY HAS CAUSED ME MUCH EMBARRASSMENT AND DISCOMFORT. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO PUBLISH THIS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS DISPARAGEMENT APPLIED ONLY TO ONE MAN, WHOSE NAME AND ADDRESS I WILL SUPPLY AT THE DROP OF A HAT, AND DID NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE SCREEN DIRECTORS' GUILD...
...million Londoners are homeless, hundreds of thousands are living in "acute discomfort." Lack of labor, materials, time have made it impossible to rebuild wrecked houses. This winter at least 10,000 Nissen-type Army huts will dot the London landscape as emergency shelters. But they will shelter only a fraction of the homeless...
...completely lacking in the brash and dash of the Richard Harding Davis tradition. He had a great gift of friendship, but it was always an effort for him to meet new people and he especially disliked crowds. Neat in his habits, he hated dirt, disorder and discomfort. Above all, he hated and feared war. Except for a few months of naval R.O.T.C. during World War I, he knew nothing about it. He stood in awe of professional war correspondents and firmly believed himself incompetent to become...
Calling his latest diatribe "strong meat for babes," the author of The History of Mr. Polly and Mr. Britling Sees It Through published only 2,000 copies of his sensational book, presumably to add to the discomfort of the comfortable classes, who will not be able to buy the shocker when the 2,000 copies are snapped up. If present plans hold, the book will not be published...
...rich Rumanians who cannot command a plane, the immediate future is black indeed. And to add to their discomfort, they catch more & more sly grins on peasant faces. The peasants, who have nothing to lose in the flight of Rumania's mighty, have nothing to fear from Russia's Red Army. In Rumania recently, the clash and clatter has been less the preparation for battle than the headlong stampede of the wealthy and great for visas and seats on the outbound trains...