Word: tolled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unseat the U.D.T., has reportedly gained control of the capital of Dili. Refugees fleeing the island told chilling stories of heavy casualties and numerous atrocities. The captain of the MacDili, a freighter that has been ferrying refugees to Darwin, described the fighting as "bloody carnage." Estimates of the death toll ranged from several hundred to 2,000. An Australian engineer who fled to Darwin last week said: "Children are being picked up by the feet and their heads smashed against the trunks of trees. Old men and women have been slaughtered...
Although Howard escaped common freshman year doubts about his intelligence, the competition took its toll...
...continuous small-arms crossfire. Fighting broke out when the Timorese Democratic Union (U.D.T.) seized power two weeks ago to forestall what it said was a coup attempt by the radical Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretelin). At least 100 persons died in the initial outburst, and the toll was expected to go much higher. Lisbon was said to be sending a commission to the island, perhaps to speed up decolonization (Timor had been scheduled to become independent in 1978). At the same time, some 1,400 refugees were being evacuated to Australia aboard a freighter chartered...
...that the President's recent European journey helped him a bit in their measurements, and that cast doubt on whether the expected agreement in the Middle East would dispel the political and economic shadows. There is almost nothing, except a grave national military peril, that takes such a toll of Presidents as economics...
Even Dark, who accepts Finley's interference like a stoic, admits that managing for the man can take its toll. "What's it like working for Charlie? It's tough. Charlie's tough and rough, and at times you think he's cruel. But he is a winner. His whole life in baseball is winning, and I enjoy winning...