Word: swelled
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...that stuff myself. It is wonderful to see New York (or Paris) looking like their old movie selves (though I did not, darn it, spot a white piano). OK, Andrea has to do a lot of demeaning fetching and carrying, but in return she gets to wear lots of swell outfits, go to A-list parties and flirt with devastating immoralists. In that somewhat limited sense, the movie is, I think, a triumph. And I feel ungrateful - even a little ashamed - that the dour side of me wanted kept wanting Andrea to seal her pact with the smartly shod devil...
...Some 43,000 children - mainly those from poor families as well as middle-class households earning $40,000 or more - have already been enrolled in the plan, according to state officials. Within five years, the rolls should top 250,000 while the yearly price tag is expected to swell from roughly $45 million in its first year to $100 million by its fifth year...
...rather young, and there are some conflicting ideas within the family about their holdings. But he is the only one who can lead them into the future." Of course, the prize is not yet Elkann's. While both his decision-making role and public presence have recently begun to swell, Fiat chairman Luca di Montezemolo and ceo Sergio Marchionne are still largely in charge. The Fiat Group, which counts CNH tractors and Iveco trucks among its holdings, has been buoyed recently by strong numbers from its once-suffering automobile division. Under the turnaround leadership of Marchionne, in the first five...
...among its most vigorous, had become a feverish, at times delirious, invalid. He was suffering from malaria and had developed a potentially deadly bacterial infection after slicing his leg on a boulder. In the sweltering rain forest, the cut had quickly become infected, causing his leg to redden and swell and sending his temperature soaring to 105°F. At the same time, the expedition had reached a set of seemingly impassable rapids. Roosevelt's Brazilian co-commander, Colonel Cāndido Rondon, had announced that they would have to abandon their canoes and strike out into the jungle--every...
...building frenzy is taking shape at colleges and universities across the U.S., much as it did 40 years ago, when baby boomers first began to swell class sizes. This time the schools aren't adding desks. They're developing elaborate university-linked retirement villages. The goal is to lure back empty-nest alumni who want to live in a collegiate environment--auditing classes, picking up new skills for their postcareer career or giving something back as a mentor to young students...