Word: swollenness
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...after seven days of searching, Kaplan's body was found spinning in a whirlpool at the base of a 40-ft. bluff near the site of the prank. Frightened and confused in the dark, he had evidently run the wrong way, plunged over the bluff into the flood-swollen Red River and drowned...
...hunting for quail in South Carolina, Elder Statesman Bernard M. Baruch sprained his left leg when the stirrup broke as he dismounted from his horse. He flew north to see his Manhattan doctor, then snorted at inquiring reporters: "No, 'tain't broken, just swollen...
...Coal Pile. Young Charlie Wilson's successes did not all stem from brain work. The Sprague plant was a tough place-all arguments were settled with fists beside the basement coal pile, and the losers were provided with ice to reduce black eyes and swollen noses. Charlie not only battled by the coal pile; to work off steam after his 59-hour week he fought in stags and smokers, where he could pick up an occasional $5 purse...
...Yard Dress. About 18 months ago a new doctor, A. G. Goude, came to Burnips and studied Mrs. Levandowski. By that time her roomiest dress, made of six yards of cloth, was getting too tight. Her abdomen hung to her swollen knees. Dr. Goude decided that her bad heart was caused by pressure of the cyst. If the cyst were removed by surgery, all might be well...
...Majlis, Iran's Parliament, represents cliques of landlords and courtiers, competing for patronage and graft. To satisfy their appetite for jobs, Iran has a swollen civil service of 250,000, about three times as many as it needs. The Majlis members are too afraid of the people to risk reforms, too afraid of the national administration to give it the power it needs. The Majlis cannot even bring itself to vote an annual budget; it passes each month a bill appropriating a twelfth of the budget. Obviously, even efficient civil servants have no scope to plan and operate...