Word: tolled
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...influence behind the idea. It was built in 1808. Finally, in 1846, with the construction of a fourth bridge the general court put an end to this craze for bridge-building. It arranged for the purchase of all four bridges by the Commonwealth to be used by the public toll-free...
...your basements and avoid elevators when the shells come." For some, the warning was too late. By one estimate, 200 Beirutis were killed and another 500 injured on a single day of the city's "guns of March." At week's end the eleven-month toll in Lebanon's civil war had passed 11,000 dead, with thousands more wounded...
...cannot afford to take a chance with the health of this country." Experts agreed, pointing out that whenever an entirely new flu strain has appeared (as opposed to a minor variant like A/Victoria), it has been followed by a massive outbreak the following season. When that happens, the death toll can be high, even in an era of antibiotics (to fight bacterial-linked infections) and other forms of treatment unavailable in 1918-19. During the most recent pandemic in 1968-69, for example, about 28,000 Americans died and $3.2 billion was lost in medical bills and working time...
Perhaps I am the only student who has received a refund from the Harvard Delivery News Service. I received the refund after complaining to The New York Times in New York (800-325-6400; toll free). The toll-free number is also an answering service, but The New York Times returns phone calls and manages to contact the Harvard Delivery people. I received $3.75. David Cholst...
...glass windows in Guatemala City shops and restaurants last week. That was an exaggeration, but the country had at least risen to its knees and was fighting to recover from one of the most destructive earthquakes ever to hit the Western Hemisphere (TIME, Feb. 16). Last week the terrible toll continued to climb as new victims were found-nearly 19,000 dead, 66,000 wounded, at least 1,000,000 homeless.* Amid the miasma of death, new clouds of dust rose from 800 smaller aftershocks that continued to frighten the country; nonetheless, Guatemalans cleared away rubble to make...