Word: inflamedness
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When these valves become inflamed-it may be from injury, infection, some forms of cancer or simply sluggish blood flow from inactivity-some blood is likely to be trapped in a pocket where it forms a clot. The danger then is that the clot, or thrombus, will begin to travel...
Deeper Danger. When a thrombus does travel, it is called an embolus. The likelihood of an embolus appearing is negligible when the inflamed vein is near the skin's surface; it is vastly greater, however, if the clot forms in one of the large, deep veins. That is what...
The Supreme Court was widely praised in the "tapes" case for its holding that no man was above the law. President Ford, with all good intentions and even with personal magnanimity, has dealt this principle a serious blow. What are we now to do about John Mitchell, who may have...
No sooner had the Royal Ballet's prima ballerina Antoinette Sibley, 34, been given the plum of her career-a three-act version of Manon created especially for her by Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan-than she fell sick. A victim of frequent illness during her 18-year career, including tuberculosis...
Awaiting the Messiah. Steffens belonged to what Kaplan calls "American grass-roots radicalism" which is marked by hunger for drastic solutions and "an inclination to spend their time and spirit cussing out the government and the bank while awaiting the arrival of the messiah." Steffens was inflamed by the redemptive...