Word: swollen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...drove over a land mine. But the mission is being delayed by a more powerful adversary than mines: Mother Nature. Efforts to build a pontoon bridge across the Sava River, so that the bulk of the U.S. deployment could proceed from Croatia into Bosnia, were swamped by the swollen river's floodwaters, which rose more than 5 ft. in 24 hours, sweeping away materiel, stranding trucks and soaking G.I.s...
Goetze, who had started feeling sick last Wednesday, was diagnosed with a virus by University Health Services. Unfortunately, doctors could prescribe nothing to alleviate her swollen glands and dripping sinuses other than rest. She followed this advice but had still not fully recovered by Monday's race...
...reform fatigue leads Western countries to despair for the U.N., a number of critics prescribe benign neglect for a creature swollen with rhetoric, unread paperwork and merely stray achievements on the ground. Many agencies are financed in large part by voluntary funds; governments could favor worthwhile functions and let the rest wither away. Parsons' verdict: "Well, let it become irrelevant if it won't reform itself. Don't let's waste too much time and the energy of clever...
When they finally arrived, the doctor turned out to be a knee specialist, hardly unqualified, but still clearly uncomfortable with explaining the nature of the fracture and the wrapping of the cast for my arm. My hand was swollen around my class ring, and he immediately cut the ring off, laughing at my suggestion of trying a little soap and water first. I headed home three hours after I arrived at UHS with an ace bandage "cast" and a broken ring, wishing I'd sprained my knee...
...Streak has had two close calls. The first came during game No. 444 in April 1985, when Ripken sprained his ankle on a pick-off play in the third inning. Although he continued playing, his ankle was badly swollen and discolored after the game. Fortunately, the Orioles had scheduled an exhibition game against the Naval Academy the next day. The second near-miss came as a result of a bench-clearing melee with the Seattle Mariners during game No. 1,790 in June of '93. Ripken twisted his knee, and when he woke up the next morning, he couldn...