Word: tolled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Because of inbreeding and overbreeding, some varieties of dogs are becoming increasingly vicious, resulting in a rising toll of dogbite victims; more than a million Americans are bitten annually. The irony is that no people, with the possible exception of the British, cares more about animals. New York's state legislature passed the first effective law prohibiting the cruel treatment of animals in 1866-43 years before passage of legislation prohibiting cruel treatment of children. But even in those days, a great deal of animal lovers' money and effort went into quixotic causes like fighting feathered hats, circuses...
Other contractors, increasingly wise to the toll of inflation, tell the Pentagon that they will sign only pacts that let them set the final price when the weapons are actually delivered...
...disbanding because its members want more leisure for family life. There are grumblings about insufficient money for playing 200 concerts a year. Heath described himself as netting a little less each year than a New York sanitation worker. Social and financial exigencies aside, human tensions have doubtless taken a toll. At a post-concert supper, the four guests of honor mingled politely, then submerged into separate pockets of gloom...
Because of Watergate, the integrity of the candidates was another issue, often reflected in campaign styles. Many candidates made a point of disclosing their campaign finances, supporting campaign reform and opposing special interests. But Watergate had taken its toll long before the election, discouraging many top Republicans from challenging incumbent Democrats and drying up sources of G.O.P. funds...
Fresh Antiques. Nightly TV foliage reports and toll-free telephone bulletins on "peak color" kept thousands of viewers up-to-date on the most colorful areas. Varying with temperature and elevation, maples displayed the most brilliant reds, and birches, beeches and oaks were at their brightest yellows and oranges in mid-October this year...