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Word: swoon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...questions them with interest, reacts spontaneously, laughs easily-then moves away, leaving them with a memory to last a lifetime. The Duke of Edinburgh concentrates on older faces. Prince Charles works the younger set; young ladies all but swoon in his wake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Splendor on the Grass | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

...would be unfair to such suspense as the film builds to reveal whether or not she returns from her last summons to Monte in order to reclaim her Centre Court seat, and whether or not Dean-Paul pulls out of his swoon in time to pull out his match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Love Set | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

...Which Yankee scored during Ernie's swoon...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: How Much Do You Really Know About Baseball? | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

Adopting a sprightly British accent and a no-nonsense manner, this handsome actress could cause any man to swoon, regardless of age, rank or marital status. Her feistiness meshes well with Duvall's homey gruffness: they're the Hepburn and Tracy of the European Theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Love at War with Ike and Kay | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...lady; she does not have to be a visual horror. As Idamante, Mezzo Maria Ewing sang with enough splendor to suggest that the gods had blessed her early and often. Unhappily, she had been garbed too boyishly for the youth capable of slaying a sea monster and making women swoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Seria Side of Opera | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

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