Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Owing to the crowding of people into damp bomb shelters, public health services have observed an increase in the number of respiratory diseases and fear a repetition of the influenza epidemic which took such a large toll throughout the world during the last war, Dr. Gordon remarked...
...last week, no gloomy prophecies about the floating bridge had been fulfilled. No pontoons had sunk, none had been wrenched loose by storms, there was no sign of a leak. Amazed visitors still asked, "How do they float?" but always ventured across. Toll revenue for July and August on the bridge, from cars, busses, trucks, pedestrians, totaled...
...root of all of Mexico's problems lies her unbelievable poverty, Sweezy said. "We in America have no conception of how poor the people are. Malnutrition and lack of sanitary conditions take a large toll each year. It has been estimated that approximately one out of every five persons die from intestinal disorders largely caused by contaminated drinking water...
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...Saunderstown, R. I., Merrill Smith, determined to be the first motorist over a new $3,000,000 toll bridge, spent the night in his car, at the bridge approach. When the bridge was officially opened next morning, Smith fished in his pockets, found he had forgotten to bring any money...