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Word: exclaiming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ladies, who according to some dim nineteenth century logic had previously gone away from the Yard in the afternoon when the real celebrating began, were allowed to remain. Something in the sight of the couples and the sound of the band made President Quincy reverse his field and exclaim "Music! Young men! Young ladies! No dancing! Take partners for a cotillion!" And the resulting festivities were repeated annually, and improved, and finally officially named Class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class Day | 6/9/1948 | See Source »

...Louie [Armstrong] might exclaim, I "jumped salty" when I read that one. Mr. Stan Kenton has more gall than the Hollywood hams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 22, 1948 | 3/22/1948 | See Source »

Here they were treated like long-lost relatives. Mary, the waitress, treats them like a "godmother," serving them a strict diet of cheeseburgers and "chocolate malted frappes." "Here we can sing until the frappes curdle, and nobody says a word," the choresters exclaim...

Author: By John G. Simon, | Title: Dunster's Dunces Sing Almost Anything for Diners, Dancers, Barflys, Coeds, Frappes | 11/15/1947 | See Source »

...Truman and representatives of the hemisphere's nations watched Brazil's massive military Independence Day parade. In his graceful speech before Congress, Harry Truman had mentioned nearly every Brazilian statesman, and had made cariocas swell with pride. Standing and applauding that speech, a Brazilian had paused to exclaim: "Aren't we having a good time with all this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEMISPHERE: Carioca Climax | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

Once again, immeasurably greater will be the audience appreciation if the play is seen with the knowledge that it is much less a profound portrait of "The Magnificent Yankee" than, as one elderly lady was heard to exclaim ecstatically, of "Holmes, Sweet Holmes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 11/21/1946 | See Source »

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