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Word: swelled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Blandy's first reaction was an informal "swell." Later he said, "I hope the real show set for July 1 will go as good as the rehearsal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Atom Bomb Dress Rehearsal Called "Swell" by Blandy | 6/25/1946 | See Source »

...film is untypical of Chandler in that it has a formula happy ending, but even this does not take the edge off of several very swell performances, particularly by the minor players. To cite chapter and verse, Howard Da Silva as the night club operator, and Will Wright as the house detective, do exceptionally sensitive jobs in roles that could easily have been stereotypes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 6/25/1946 | See Source »

...change as new registrants continue to enroll late, is only twenty-three above the figure estimated by University Hall officials at the beginning of the registration periods on June 13. Enrollment figures for the graduate schools, expected to add more than 5,000 students to the University population, should swell the registration figures to the largest summer enrollment in Harvard history. Enrollment Figures Seniors 73 Juniors 174 Sophomores 305 Freshmen 376 OcC 812 Unclassified 3 Total...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1743 Men Listed On College Rolls In Summer Term | 6/21/1946 | See Source »

Part Score. Dramatically, Part I beats Part II all hollow. It is more tightly knit, it moves with greater speed and swell, and it traces the upward curve of most of its characters' destinies. Falstaff, still the boon companion of the errant, frivoling Prince Hal, swaggers and swills in rich midsummer plenty. In a flare of eloquence and arms, the rebellion against Henry IV, led by the heedless, dauntless Hotspur, progresses to the plains of Shrewsbury, where the day is lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Plays in Manhattan, May 20, 1946 | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

...woman delegate stepped to a microphone and screamed: "I'm for that swell little redhead Walter Reuther...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Little Redhead | 4/8/1946 | See Source »

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