Word: swollenness
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...those who do get the disease, weeks in bed are the norm. The most common symptoms are a sore throat, swollen glands and general exhaustion. Most sufferers from the disease, which is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, get a fever. Two-thirds have an enlarged spleen...
While it will be impossible to tell what happened until the water recedes, officials speculate that the roiling currents of the swollen San Jacinto had possibly scoured away the earth around two massive pipelines buried 3 ft. beneath the riverbed. The exposed lines, which carry nearly one-sixth of U.S. daily gasoline supplies, were then either rammed by a floating object or simply collapsed. In any case, about 200,000 bbl. of gasoline and diesel spewed into the water, floated to the surface and at 8:30 a.m. ignited. Flames and smoke shot more than 100 ft. into...
Though their safety is not threatened, something just as precious is at stake: their jobs. The civil servant ranks have swollen from 27,000 during the days of the Duvalier dictatorship to 55,000 under the junta. With so many to do so little, government work days are often filled with cups of coffee and idle chatter. Yet their salaries gobble up 80% of the national treasury. To comply with the demands of the International Monetary Fund, Aristide must pare those ranks to 34,000. Whether these bureaucrats will back Aristide's efforts or try to gridlock his attempts...
...this type of plague that initially broke out in India. Sufferers experienced the same swollen lymph nodes from which bubonic plague derives its name in Medieval French...
...competition has grown so fierce for two reasons: the pool of potential new customers is shrinking at the same time America's plastic habit is growing. Since 1984, outstanding charges rung up on bank cards have swollen from $53 billion to $239 billion. "At some banks, 50% to 60% of their equity is based on the credit-card business," says industry watchdog McKinley. Analysts say that although no more than 20% of all purchases are currently made with plastic, the possibilities for growth are enormous. Some card vendors have already moved into such traditional cash domains as movie theaters...