Word: swells
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...result of the Battle of Russia may well be millions of Russian workers to swell the Nazi labor battalions; new Slav divisions to swell the Nazi Armies. Where can Britain and the U.S. turn for man power to offset this menacing mass? If Britain is democracy's European bastion, the U.S. democracy's arsenal, China is its untapped source of vast potential fighting power. Chiang's war messages make it clear that he has long been waiting for the democracies to see this point. If they do not, they can be sure that Hitler will...
...possibly hear quite a bit of comment on this coming week's issue of TIME; partly because TIME'S cover is right on the nose of the Russian situation and partly because TIME has so much swell Russian stuff in its World War and Foreign News sections...
...which, slightly overdone, approximates baby talk. Thus John Fante (A Nun No More): "My mother cried and cried night and day. They couldn't stop her. . . . Finally Grandma Toscana called the priest. . . . Right away she felt better. Next day she was better than ever. Next day she was swell. Pretty soon she was able to get out of bed. Then she moved around more...
...says her only "must" for an escort is a sense of humor. She stated with evident satisfaction that she had never been out with a Yale man; as the positive phase of a wise social policy, she has dated a Harvard man, Frank Appleton '39: "We had a swell time," she said. "But I wouldn't go to one of those Lampoon parties for anything ," she concluded. The CRIMSON reporter congratulated her on her good judgment...
...Bless You, Mr. Chamberlain (We're all mighty proud of you. You look swell holding your umbrella. All the world loves a wonderful feller . . .). (This song is now out of print...