Word: swollenness
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...starts with a high fever and a severe headache, accompanied by swollen glands, vomiting and general pain. Left untreated, the malady gradually worsens. After several months, victims become irritable, then lethargic and sleepy. When they try to walk, they are likely to stumble about with a peculiar shuffling gait. Soon they can no longer stand, sit erect or even eat; often they fall into a coma and die. Their illness is African sleeping sickness, or trypanosomiasis -an ancient scourge that afflicts at least 10,000 people a year...
...into costly prestige projects when world copper prices peaked in early 1974, he led the nation to the edge of bankruptcy. Zaïre's copper travels 43 days from Shaba mines to Congo River ports on rickety Victorian-era railways and barges reminiscent of the African Queen. Swollen prices of bread, rice and other staples have led to widespread discontent...
...victims of Khaalis did not feel quite so well as they emerged from the B'nai B'rith Building with cuts, bruises, shattered glasses and swollen eyes. They were greeted by the pealing of bells in a nearby church where many of their relatives had kept vigil. For these hostages, the ordeal had ended...
...that difficulty. It catalogues not only diseases but, in a separate section, their symptoms as well. Thus if the reader has, say, a swelling in his leg, he simply looks in the table of symptoms under the heading "Bones, Joints, Muscles and Extremities." There he finds a listing for swollen leg. It tells him that the problem may be, among other things, phlebitis, a painful swelling often characterized by whitened skin and a prominent vein...
Carter's projected $57.4 billion deficit is an improvement over the $68 billion in red ink anticipated for fiscal 1977, which ends on Sept. 30. The current deficit has been swollen, however, by the $11.4 billion in tax rebates that is expected to be pumped into the economy as part of the stimulus package. The business community, some economists and Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns question whether such a stimulus is still needed now that the economy seems to be recovering satisfactorily. They warn that its impact may be inflationary. But Congress moved briskly ahead with the plan last...