Word: swelled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...borders of madness and self-destruction. "No gentleman" was the well-bred Victorian's verdict on Dickens-confirmed when his home broke up because of his passion for Actress Ellen Ternan. But Thackeray was a gentleman-"as polished as a steel mirror and as cold," "a natural swell," a Platonic lover who politely bowed himself out of his passion for a married woman when her husband objected. In public, Thackeray came to represent everything that Dickens derided in the life of high society...
...Bridge on the River Kwai (Sam Spiegel; Columbia) will be called a tragedy; it is. It will be called a comedy; it is. It will be called a swell adventure story, a slickly calculated piece of commercial entertainment, an angry razz at the thing called war, a despairing salute to the men war makes, an ironic masterpiece; it is in some degree all of these things...
...first 71 refugees were the advance guard of what may swell into a flood of thousands of Dutch nationals Indonesia is threatening to expel because the Netherlands refuse to yield West New Guinea. Holland granted independence to other islands in the area...
...There is a strong ground swell for Referendum One; I think it will carry seven or eight to one," Dean Shaplin declared last night. "The Referendum on proportional representation will be very close, but I think we will win because of the heavy feelings on the first one." The CCA has fought for retention...
Promises for Players. In 47 other states last week autumn vibrated with high school cheers that almost matched the Abilene excitement-but not quite. When fiercely partisan Texans turn out to root for the lads next door, they swell with an extra pride: they know that most of those players will always play for Texas. Tempted though they may be by the green-backed promises of out-of-state scouts, stars from Texas' 900 league-organized high school teams make a habit of playing their college football at home. (Last season all eleven Abilene lettermen who earned football scholarships...