In the end, the merger fell through, largely because neither Mr Shapiro nor Monsanto was comfortable with the sort of organisation that a larger AHP wanted to impose.
With its curving wood bar and vases overflowing with freshly cut flowers, the neighborhood restaurant is stylish but comfortable — not the sort of place to eat at every night, but the favorite around the corner saved for special occasions.
As the NRA works to reinvent itself not just as a gun rights organization but as a leading voice in a broader culture war, it may become more comfortable employing the sort of rhetoric that has historically been relegated to the darker corners of the internet, said Levin.
Like The Sopranos, it's a product of times that felt more materially comfortable and secure, the sort of times in which fictions about humanity's darker side can be more easily borne – Generation X's time.
Humans are comfortable in the sorts of protected seats with a view over the surrounding area that give us the same secure feeling we'd have in a comfy nest nestled in tree branches.
If you want a comfortable retirement, this is the sort of money you need to set aside every month, according to many experts.
Perlin has a homey, comfortable feel to it — the sort of place you'd want to bring your loved one, or close friends.
"Lance Armstrong cannot be feeling very comfortable today". Bassons earned the sort of celebrity that had eluded him on the road during the 1998 doping scandal that hit the French team, Festina.
It is the sort of comfortable, welcoming place where you can roll up your sleeves and idle over a burger and brew — even a game of chess or dominoes — without being hustled out the door.
One result of the gold rush for finance and legal types has been leaps in the cost of private education and housing, especially in and around London, where both are now increasingly beyond the reach of the sort of comfortable but unpharaonic middle-class folk who used to be able to afford them.
