Word: tolled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that a bunch of adolescents would claim more merit than those who have fought for 20 years," he declared. In pro test, the leftists began leaving the plaza -closely pursued by right-wing Peronistas, who chased them down side streets, beating them with bamboo staves. The day's toll: 90 wounded...
...drought has claimed an equally grim toll in parts of Ethiopia. Provincial bureaucrats kept the horrific dimensions of the catastrophe secret from Addis Ababa, fearing that bad news would anger and embarrass Emperor Haile Selassie and perhaps lead to their own dismissal. Finally, last spring, the number of deaths grew so great that the bureaucrats had to admit their existence and ask for international aid. At first the drought seemed confined to eastern Ethiopia. But a new government survey uncovered big pockets of famine to the south and southeast of the capital. In Bale province alone an estimated...
...people trying to do something . . . We live by and believe in a forgiving spirit," he said. Air Force One lifted off the run way, and the Governor took off his coat to cool down. There lingered the faint feeling that Richard Nixon's troubles are taking a toll even among the true believers of Jackson...
Thal's cool precision took its toll on Schaffer in the second set as Schaffer lost her poise and continually double-faulted in crucial situations...
Mike O'Malley, who started on the mound for the Crimson, left the game after the third inning, having blanked the Jumbos on only one hit. The cold weather took its toll on O'Malley's accuracy, however, and he departed after issuing four walks...