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Word: swells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tremendous movements of humanity through planes, trains, buses, and automobiles this week will herald the advent of another Christmas. As the holiday draws closer, local vacation crowds will swell till they hit their peak next Wednesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Jam Trains, Buses, Planes In Pre-Holiday Spurt | 12/19/1947 | See Source »

Blast it, Vag groaned. He swung an invisible ski pole at holidays in general. Vacation was swell, but Christmas cramped your style. Sort of chopped up the first week. And places were always so crowded-why not just leave and head for the mountains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 12/19/1947 | See Source »

...Bach cantatas, heralding the advent of the Christmas season, will swell through Christ Church Sunday at 4:30 o'clock when the Canterbury Choir, student choir of the Church, offers its first concert since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Choir Sings Sunday | 12/12/1947 | See Source »

Harvard-Yale contributions at the November 22 classic totalled over $6000 to swell the College's financial aid to United States athletes competing in London next summer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H.A.A. Tabulates Olympic Moneys | 12/2/1947 | See Source »

...those who find this history reminiscent of 1947, the rest of the story may be interesting. The sick list continued to swell. With the Yale game two weeks distant, the squad had little chance to improve itself with scrimmages. Little benefit was derived from a 15 to 0 victory the next weekend over lightly-regarded Davidson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/29/1947 | See Source »

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