Word: tolles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...field, who sense that a military victory is within reach, are not going to let that long-sought opportunity slip away. The only remaining question seems to be precisely how they will take the cities. Full- scale assaults are tempting, but the mujahedin insurgents fear that the civilian toll may be high and that a successful attack may draw Soviet retribution from the air. That is what happened last August, when rebels took the northern city of Kunduz, then were forced to flee under a hail of fighter- bomber fire...
Alaskans were relieved to be rid of the worst of the freeze, but it would take weeks to assess the toll on the state. Schools closed, businesses ground to a halt, and hardy villagers huddled in their homes to keep warm. Furnaces shut down as heating oil turned to jelly, and stoves stood idle as propane gas liquefied. The greatest hardships occurred in central Alaska, where normal food deliveries were cut off. Governor Cowper called out the Air National Guard to parchute supplies into remote villages...
Stroessner had been under house arrest near the capital since he was captured early Friday after a night of fighting. The death toll from the coup has been estimated at up to 300, but no official figures have been given...
...were able to escape the approaching mudslides. The small village of Sharora was not so lucky. The town was razed by a wall of mud up to 45 ft. high. With no hope of finding survivors, local officials decided to leave the village entombed. The estimated death toll of the Tadzhikistan quake...
...created a disaster of monumental and mounting proportions. Up to 1.4 million Americans, and perhaps 10 million people worldwide, are already infected with the AIDS virus. Since the virus may lie dormant in the body for years before causing the disease, the number of AIDS cases -- and the death toll -- will continue rising for years...