Word: tolled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...smoking hulks of broken Communist tanks and shattered U.S. helicopters littered the battlefield; B-52 strikes thundered so close, said a downed chopper crewman, that the dust "made our eyes water." Though the outcome of the battle remained in doubt at week's end, the Lam Son toll was already substantial: in three weeks, no less than five ARVN battalions had, for all practical purposes, been knocked out of action...
Unfortunately, the poor second half took its toll on these individual statistics too. Brown finished with 19 points for game high honors but he hit only nine of 25 from the field. Dover and Lewis also slacked off from their torrid first half pace and completed the night with nine assists and 10 rebounds, respectively...
Withering antiaircraft fire continued to take a heavy toll of U.S. helicopters on cross-border missions. Altogether, 21 choppers have been destroyed in the campaign; many more were shot down but later recovered. The Communists also stepped up attacks on American positions around Khe Sanh, the jump-off point into Laos...
...more traumatic than burns. By searing through flesh and muscle, destroying nerves and blood vessels, and setting up a fertile breeding ground for infection, burns can cripple, disfigure and kill. Last year alone, approximately 7,500 Americans, 1,800 of them under age 15, died of burns. Although this toll is fearsome, the number of burn deaths has remained relatively constant while the population has increased, and the recovery rate from serious burns has improved significantly. The reason: better care for burn victims...
Eichel, last seen thumbing at the Mass Pike toll booths, left two matches undecided, and the Crime had to settle...