Word: swelled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Whereas World War II has so devastated Europe as to force her people to turn Spartan, it has merely been "highly profitable [and] swell for U.S. workers, for farmers, for a majority of Americans." Few Americans realize that in "fighting German Naziism and Jap Shintoism, [the U.S.] is gradually being dragged down to the moral level of what she fights...
...seen Persia," said a dreamy G.I. to Correspondent Joel Sayre as their ship entered the Persian Gulf, ''was a swell big marble layout in the moonlight with a built-in pool. Birds was singing, but not too loud, and everything smelt wonderful. Some guys with turbans was taking it easy on cushions. They had whiskers and they was having a smoke out of them jars with the hose on them and they was smothered in wonderful-looking broads . . . wearing them long peekaboo pants. Sitting on the floor was a three-piece orchestra playing Midway music. Standing out front...
...with China's Premier Dr. T. V. Soong. And then Jack Benny came in and cracked that if he had not known the President was so busy he would have brought his violin and played a tune. Reported pleased Comedian Benny: the President laughed -"he's a swell...
Every U.S. soldier was mobbed by Chinese, by more hands than any G.I. could shake, more gifts of.cigarets than he could smoke, by boundless gratitude in cries of "To hsieh, to hsieh-Thank you, thank you very much!" and "Mei-kuo ting hao -America is swell!" One celebrant was asked: "Where will you be in a month?" He answered for China: "Not Chungking, not much. Nanking! Nanking! Nanking...
...that afternoon and they had some beers, ate dinner at a place near Culver City, drank some whiskey and finally ended up at Casa Mañana. They picked up some girls and danced to Jimmy Lunceford's band. Horn decided he was doing all right-having a swell time for the second night of furlough...