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Word: swelled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...popular vote, Gallup estimated. But, he argued, this is a dangerously narrow margin for the Democrats, who can lose a national election even if they take 52% of the popular vote, because so much of that vote is from the South, where big majorities do not swell the electoral vote proportionately. A shift of a few hundred thousand votes could throw New England, the Middle Atlantic States and the Pacific Coast to the G.O.P...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Narrow Margin | 10/25/1943 | See Source »

...seniors packing their gear, preparatory to their happy exit. It wouldn't be so hard to take if they wouldn't whistle and sing while packing; they seem to forget that we are sensitive human beings and must stick around for another two months. However, they've been damn swell to us and we wish them the best of luck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL | 10/22/1943 | See Source »

...dynamic, hearty Dr. Maier the Lutheran Hour is a personal triumph. He started on two stations, now has 224 over the Mutual network. In addition, transcriptions swell the list to some 450 stations in 26 countries. The Lutheran Laymen's League sponsors the Hour, pays for the time. Last year's time cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Lutherans | 10/18/1943 | See Source »

Business is going to be swell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: G.M.'s Revue | 10/18/1943 | See Source »

...returned sailor from way down under who expects to go under soon again, I think the idea swell. Your magazine means a lot out there to us. . . . I was once the delighted recipient of 17 copies of TIME in a row. After being thrown out of the Philippines, the mail service was damn bad. Everything finally got straightened out in Australia, and my favorite relaxation in the afternoon while resting up from two war patrols in an "S" class submarine was to get into the bathtub with a bottle of scotch and a copy of TIME and go to town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 11, 1943 | 10/11/1943 | See Source »

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