Word: swelled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Eddie Windsor is a swell guy?a charming pprson," replied Mr. Factor, whose idioms are sometimes American, sometimes English. "But he has no more card sense than a child...
...bill were two U. S. acts, many British. Juggler Rich Hayes (British) drew royal smiles. Blackfaces Alexander & Mose (British) caused Lady May Cambridge to titter. Xylophonist Teddie Brown (U. S.) realized his ambition of some years to play at a "command performance" and thus swell his British gate. But with a gobbet of chewing gum, Broadway's robustious Al Trahan stopped the show, rocked the Palladium with mighty mirth and convulsed the Royal Party...
...harrassed base drummer. When Gilbert sang "The Captain of the Pinafore" old men wept, gay youth cheered, and sad matrons forget how poorly the dinner had gone off. If debutantes had existed at that time they would have been heard to utter that highest praise of "Gosh that's swell" as Gilbert juggled the last high note. And once after too much port and Iolanthe the Vagabond went down Pieadilly with a poppy and a lily. Yea, verily, there were giants upon the earth in the old days. And that is why the Vagabond is wont to assume a certain...
...going to write a novel about an American girl who will call everything either 'swell' or 'lousy.' I expect she'll be lousier than she is swell. You spoil your women. We spoil our men. They can stand it better. Women turn out best in adversity. It may be hard on their youth and beauty, but it's good for their character. . . . [Novelist Priestley has begotten one daughter...
...complete freedom that the University is allowed in its use. Large endowments are too often for some particular purpose. The result is an irregular growth which tends to keep current expenses high and raises rather than lowers the cost of a college education. Unconditional bequests such as this swell the sometimes neglected endowment funds and help to lessen the expensive discrepancy that often exists in the Universities between the endowed and the unendowed branches...