1.   Another possible explanation is less comforting.

2.   But for major commodity-producing nations, the cushion has been less comforting.

3.   But the trend in TV consumption is far less comforting.

4.   Indeed, the cultural acceptance of Jews has been accompanied by the diversity phenomenon that some Jews find less comforting.

5.   Public health officials tracking the AIDS epidemic tell a different, less comforting story.

6.   The presence of another big stakeholder may have been less comforting.

7.   Less comforting were the scenes of Matheson gutting salmon, a slippery skill Smith also had to master.