Word: bedridden
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...knew of him was that he and his followers had been accused of killing hundreds of innocent civilians, murdering the widow of the late Philippine President Manuel Quezon, burning bedridden patients in an army hospital. But barely three weeks after we went to work, Arsenio brought me the news: Taruc was willing...
...guilty!" Grajales said. "When the strike took place, I was still bedridden after months of illness...
...some observers, this close line-up suggested the prospect of dramatic hairline votes, with the party leaders dragging the halt and bedridden to the floor. In fact, the arithmetic creates an illusion that harks back to the days before the direct primary, the days when U.S. political parties had cohesion, enforced by such instruments of discipline as copious federal patronage for local political organizations, which, in turn, picked party nominees for Congress...
...Thoracic Clinic's first patient for a heart-valve operation was one of its brightest alumnae: Mrs. Claire Ward, 29, of Newark. In the spring of 1948, Mrs. Ward was bedridden for months with heart failure; she could not even walk unaided to the next room. Today she holds an office job and does her own housework as well. Pressed as to whether she had any complaints, Mrs. Ward admitted that she feels a bit short of breath after climbing three flights of stairs...
...shopping at the supermarket." Dr. Huggins glows with satisfaction over the successful cases-"I see a man brought in on a stretcher and I write out a prescription, and then see him come in again in a couple of weeks, hale and hearty; or a bedridden woman will get up and go to work. These are great changes...