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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Holding what appeared to be a compress against
After being inadvertently hit with an opposing player's elbow in the lip ... the president received 12 stitches today, administered by the White House Medical Unit," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a statement.
The president was given a local anesthetic while receiving the stitches, Gibbs said.
Obama was later spotted by reporters through an upstairs White House window holding what appeared to be a compress against his mouth, while the White House Christmas tree was being delivered outside.
(Reporting by Ross Colvin and Jeff Mason, Editing by Sandra Maler)
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/137/20101126/738/tnl-obama-hit-during-basketball-game-get.html
The president was given a local anesthetic while receiving the stitches, Gibbs said.
Obama was later spotted by reporters through an upstairs White House window holding what appeared to be a compress against his mouth, while the White House Christmas tree was being delivered outside.
(Reporting by Ross Colvin and Jeff Mason, Editing by Sandra Maler)
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/137/20101126/738/tnl-obama-hit-during-basketball-game-get.html
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User_gary Obama was later spotted by reporters through an upstairs White House window holding what appeared to be a compress against his mouth A compress is a thick soft piece of cloth which is pressed to a part of a person's body to stop bleeding or to reduce pain or swelling. The reporter thought that what the president was holding against his mouth resembled a compress but he was not sure that is was one.
- User_gary Obama was later spotted by reporters through an upstairs White House window holding what appeared to be a compress against his mouth A compress is a thick soft piece of cloth which is pressed to a part of a person's body to stop bleeding or to reduce pain or swelling.
- The reporter thought that what the president was holding against his mouth resembled a compress but he was not sure that is was one.
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User_garyObama was later spotted by reporters through an upstairs White House window holding what appeared to be a compress against his mouthA compress is a thick soft piece of cloth which is pressed to a part of a person's body to stop bleeding or to reduce pain or swelling.
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