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Word: swells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...together. And therein, decided Messrs. Thurber and Nugent, lies a tale. Their treatment of the struggle between Professor Tommy Thompson, played most appealingly by Elliott Nugent himself, and the various and sundry trustees and All-Americans who try to rob him of his intellectual freedom and his wife makes swell comedy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 1/22/1941 | See Source »

Germany may prefer not to have a major front in the Balkans-one which might repeat the patterns of 1918. British and Greek successes in the Mediterranean area threaten to swell the Greek conflict into such a front. The threat, it is true, was last week not immediate, since General Sir Archibald Wavell's continued advance into Libya (see p. 25) seemed to indicate Britain was committed to destroying Italy's Libyan Army, to the exclusion of new business for some time to come. Neither was the threat too serious: the Salonika campaign by which the Allies conquered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Lowlands of 1941 | 1/20/1941 | See Source »

...orchestras in the country. The Album will definitely be welcome. . . . Dinah Shore's best record to date is Memphis Blues, a BLUEBIRD Vocadance. If you've missed hearing her, you should listen to this record, and you might notice the similarity to Mildred Bailey--unfortunately, however, lacking in that swell undisciplined quality that only Mildred can work into a tune...

Author: By Charles Miller, | Title: SWING | 1/17/1941 | See Source »

Bills have been sent out to the 700 undergraduates have pledged money to the Council but have not as yet paid. Amounting to about $2000, these pledges would swell the total Council funds for this year to about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COUNCIL ASKS FOR PAYMENT OF PLEDGES | 1/9/1941 | See Source »

...singing shows the same rich vibrato and feeling. Needless to say, the instrumental background is impeccable. Jess and Muggsy play unobtrusively, and the way they blend with the vocal results is a kind of jazz you don't hear every day (COMMODORE) ... Ray Noble cuts two swell dance sides for COLUMBIA, Far Away and Sioux Sue. Both are original compositions by Ray, and show the fine melodic sense that produced Cherokee ... Ray McKinley's fireworks take the spotlight on Will Bradley's Lonesome Road (COLUMBIA). If you like flash drums you can't go wrong on this ... Latest Columbia reissues...

Author: By Charles Miller, | Title: SWING | 12/14/1940 | See Source »

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