Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...uneconomical. But that vision did not reckon with the relentless opposition of movie exhibitors and the broadcasting lobbies in Washington. Over the years the TV industry kept insisting, as the National Association of Broadcasters' chief counsel put it, that pay TV "would convert a free highway into a toll road. It would require the public to pay for what they now view for free...
...Fatah to be published next month by London's Institute for Strategic Studies, Yehoshafat Harkabi, a former chief of Israeli intelligence, warns that "subversion may become a feature of our lives for a length of time that no one can foresee. It might become like the toll of traffic accidents modern societies have to pay." Over the long run, there is perhaps a danger that the fedayeen campaign may strike severe blows at Israeli democracy, as ever more repressive measures are required to hold down terrorism...
...Direct the Federal Government to develop criteria for reducing the toll taken by black lung...
...Nonetheless, almost 500 Americans and more than 450 South Vietnamese have died in action since Nov. 1. The weekly average of 144 U.S. battle deaths since then is admittedly considerably lower than the average of 293 for the year prior to the halt. But it is still a high toll for a time when there is talk of peace...
...Crimson, which has dropped three of its last four games as injuries and fatigue have taken their toll, meets Yale on Friday in the finale to a long season...