Word: swollenness
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...Greek character of Oedipus (Swollen or Wounded Foot) has been employed in modern times to illustrate and to symbolize this affliction. There are very sound psychological and biological reasons why the legs should be affected by the relations between a man and his parents, which is the essence, superficially, of the Oedipus situation. The King's stammer is also relevant here, especially in connection with the right foot...
...first David had represented the young champion of a race-naked, frowning, indomitable, his murderous, swollen-looking right hand hanging loose at his side. The second version, done about 25 years later, had a softer, more subjective air; the boy's body was twisted like a flame and his head bowed dreamily over one shoulder...
...night five months ago, after knocking out Jersey Joe Wolcott, Joe Louis mumbled into a mike through swollen lips, "For my mother-this is for her-tonight was my last fight." Since then, Joe had been thinking it over. He still kept on needing money, and voices kept reminding him that all he had to do was say the word and collect $500,000 or so. Last week, Joe said the word. He would defend his heavyweight title, for the 26th time, next June, probably against the least bad of three unpromising contenders-Lee Savold, Ezzard Charles or Joe Baksi...
James Marvin Alvey came to his senses slowly. He sat up, dizzily, discovered that his face was caked with blood, and that his left ankle was broken and swollen. He was cold. The wall of a mountain canyon rose above him, and a red airplane lay smashed on the rocks beside him. He began to remember what had happened...
...around the plane picking up candy bars. He had bought twelve Hershey's and twelve Oh Henrys at Casper and had 20 of them left. He also had three packages of cigarettes, and a cigarette lighter. He built a fire, cut the brown cowboy boot off his swollen ankle, and leaned back to wait for a rescue party...