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The word marina was coined by NAEBM originally to describe a waterfront facility where recreational boats could find protection and basic needs to lay over in relative comfort.
With four younger children at home, Lucy stepped into her mother's role, and even after the brothers and sisters were grown, she was her father's comfort and stay until he died in 1879.
Everything was orderly and it seemed to be arranged for the workman's comfort, convenience and efficiency.
The only reason for contacting Lissa was to comfort or to be comforted.
But the Royal Motel in Shamrock was the only one that offered the comfort and security of a storm cellar.
It was small comfort for insomnia.
At this apparent slight, R. Ḥiyya manifested chagrin, and R. Abbahu hastened to comfort him by comparing himself to the pedler of glittering fineries that always attracted the eyes of the masses, while his rival was a trader in precious stones, the virtues and values of which were appreciated only by the connoisseur.
Due to its flexibility and comfort, it was typically the armour of high-ranking guards and those who could afford the import rather than the armour of the rank and file, who used the easier to produce and maintain brigandine and lamellar types.
A vision of St. Dominic strengthened her, though, but her wish to join his Order was no comfort to Lapa, who took her daughter with her to the baths in Bagno Vignoni to improve her health.
In March he was unable to go to court due to illness, in August he wrote to Burghley from Byfleet, where he gone for his health: ' I find comfort in this air, but no fortune in the court.
The Congress was a personal triumph for Francis, where he hosted the assorted dignitaries in comfort, though Francis undermined his allies Tsar Alexander and Frederick William III of Prussia by negotiating a secret treaty with the restored French king Louis XVIII.
The latter hypothesis seems the more plausible evolution determinant as the surface area of the head is minute compared to the remainder of the body, thus the energy required in producing long hair for the express purpose of " optical " amplification of UV light reflected from the snow seems counterproductive ( however, it's very likely that the trait was sustained due to a nuanced combination of multiple influences, given that human hunting-skills and ingenuity were such by 50, 000 years ago that said benefits in terms of ' comfort ' could have alternatively been derived from constructing head and ear warmers of fur from prey, etc .).
As Donald Creighton ( who penned a two-volume biography of Macdonald in the 1950s ) wrote, " law was a broad, well-trodden path to comfort, influence, even to power ".
Thus, God caused a plant to grow where Jonah was lying to provide shade and comfort for him.
He was now well out of his comfort zone and on the road to civil war.
He said that it was for " personal comfort, that's all.
Rashi interprets his father's statement of the naming of Noah ( in Hebrew נ ֹ ח ַ) “ This one will comfort ( in Hebrew – yeNaHamainu י ְ נ ַ ח ֲ מ ֵ נו ) from our work and our hands sore from the land that the Lord had cursed ”, by saying Noah heralded a new era of prosperity, when there was easing ( in Hebrew – nahah – נחה ) from the curse from the time of Adam when the Earth produced thorns and thistles even where men sowed wheat and that Noah then introduced the plow.
Early New England laws banning the sale of alcohol to Native Americans were criticized because it was “ not fit to deprive Indians of any lawfull comfort aloweth to all men by the use of wine .” Laws banned the practice of individuals toasting each other, with the explanation that it led to wasting God's gift of beer and wine, as well as being carnal.
A UK-only version called " 968 Sport ", was offered in 1994 and 1995, and was essentially a Club Sport model ( and was produced on the same production line with similar chassis numbers ) with electric windows, electric release boot, central locking, cloth comfort seats ( different to both the standard and the Club Sport ).
In later years, when Scott was establishing his naval career, the family would suffer serious financial misfortune, but his early childhood years were spent in comfort.
Raku means " enjoyment ", " comfort " or " ease " and is derived from Jurakudai, the name of a palace, in Kyoto, that was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ( 1537 – 1598 ), who was the leading warrior statesman of the time.

comfort and yet
: But if, on the contrary, they do not yet make their appearance, holding the consecrated knife in the right hand, and the pentacles being uncovered by the removal of their consecrated covering, strike and beat the air with the knife as if wishing to commence a combat, comfort and exhort thy companions, and then in a loud and stern voice repeat the following conjuration: ...
The contrast between the comfort and civilization of the railway station and the agonies of the young men slowly dying a short yet uncrossable distance away led to intensive coverage by the international media.
It has the image, the grace, performance, luxury and comfort in equal measure, yet it is a class apart from more modern rivals.
It was decided that the ride should be comfortable yet performance-oriented, but not as stiff and low as that of a true track machine, as that would imply reduction in practical use and comfort as well as increasing noise and vibration, which would be a contradictory design choice in relation to the former set premise – the goal of creating the ultimate road car.
Seen close at hand it was an ancient and pretty Norman city, with small dwellings of regular and almost similar appearance built closely adjoining one another, giving an aspect of ancient pride and modern comfort, a feudal yet peasant-like air.
For instance, with a cesarean delivery, the goal is to provide comfort with neuraxial anesthetic yet maintain consciousness so that the mother can participate in the birth of her child.
Eventually, tears covered his eyes ... And while making small patterns in the carpet with his cane, he told me, with an irony ...' I am a political criminal, my friend '... I wanted to comfort him, and remembered his sense of pride in popular sentiment and justice, that yet remained in his soul ... the people that you had esteemed, continue to respect and love you.
Stout had also been an aircraft designer and considered that the long-travel oleo struts made, ' the airplane landing gear the easiest type of running gear for comfort yet devised.
Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly considered the track " a tearjerker so grandiose and yet so intrinsically, assuredly hit-bound, it's the kind of mass-appeal grabber that's probably already sent a jealous Diana Ross diving for a comfort gallon of Häagen-Dazs.
: " It would be a pleasure, could I but know he was alive, to even yet thank that kind and considerate gentleman, LT. Nugen, for his forbearance and energetic efforts to contribute to the safety and comfort of the panic-stricken citizens.

comfort and she
The excitement over Brandon's bizarre death abated and Madame Lalaurie's stock soared when she resumed her self-imposed chores of visiting the poor and bringing cakes and comfort to destitute patients in the county hospital.
She wanted to be with him, to give him the comfort and companionship she knew he needed.
After the sad impatient moment, waiting for comfort which could not come, she slipped out of bed and went to the open window.
Although they were childless, Potter played an important role in William ’ s large family, particularly enjoying her relationship with several nieces whom she helped educate and giving comfort and aid to her husband ’ s brothers and sisters.
He states in his work, Gynecology, that “ a suitable person will be literate, with her wits about her, possessed of a good memory, loving work, respectable and generally not unduly handicapped as regards her senses sight, smell, hearing, sound of limb, robust, and, according to some people, endowed with long slim fingers and short nails at her fingertips .” Soranus also recommends that the midwife be of sympathetic disposition ( although she need not have borne a child herself ) and that she keep her hands soft for the comfort of both mother and child.
Brad is unable to comfort her because she is in love with Sebastian.
DeWar attempts to in some way comfort her, but she quickly demands he return her to the harem.
Time and again she wrote to Henry with complaints about her poverty and appeals for money and protection – she wished for ease and comfort instead of being obliged " to follow her son about like a poor gentlewoman.
Finally, she persuades him to take on one last big robbery so they can flee the country and live in peace and comfort.
Following his death, Catherine sent Diane into exile, where she lived in comfort on her own properties until her death.
Jack returns to comfort Charlie, and she tells him she had withheld from him information about her uncle which would have confirmed him as the murderer.
Wherever Mother Küsters turns for comfort and assistance she meets either rejection or exploitation.
When she was 12 years old, her mother died and she became her father's comfort, taking on the responsibilities of household chores, raising her siblings and tending to her father.
Her favourite courtier was Emerentia von Düben ( 1669 – 1743 ), her old nurse, who had been ennobled and made lady-in-waiting in 1707 and with whom she had a close relationship all her life ; Düben acted as her advisor, her comfort and support, and was not said to have abused her influence-they were described as sisters.
" Anya cannot find anyone who wishes vengeance on Xander and so she takes comfort in sex with Spike, an act which puts her relationship and friendship with Xander and Buffy in jeopardy.
Stone said she had never known more physical comfort or mental discomfort than when she put on bloomers.
Following her child's death, D ' Aquino was rearrested by the U. S. military authorities and transported to San Francisco, on September 25, 1948, where she was charged by federal prosecutors with the crime of treason for " adhering to, and giving aid and comfort to, the Imperial Government of Japan during World War II ".
His rage upsets Susie, and when she runs after her husband to comfort him she stumbles and miscarries their baby.

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