Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rained mortar, bazooka and machine-gun fire on the commandos. A spearhead led by Hoare's two armored cars finally broke through, but it was two long days before he was in firm control of Baraka, and then only after most of the town had been destroyed. Death toll: five commandos, 215 Simbas...
...Last week a number of Christian communities in Jordan, at the behest of the Moslem mayor of Jerusalem, agreed to toll their church bells for ten minutes in protest over the council's expected endorsement of "the Jewish declaration...
...week's end, water still stood up to 4 ft. deep in parts of the 300-block area east of the ruptured Industrial Canal. In the city and nearby lowlands, the death toll had reached 65 and was still climbing. No one could tell how many more bodies the muddy waters might yield. And, as medical teams inoculated citizens against typhoid and diphtheria, New Orleans sweated out the threat of epidemic...
Betsy was one of the fiercest hellions of them all. Screaming in from the Atlantic, she feinted at the Bahamas and Cuba, veered toward the Carolinas, doubled back again-and stopped teasing. When she did, she exacted a death toll that was expected to go as high...
...opposite lanes, their headlights spaced out evenly by expert tailgating. Radio: "Hurricane Betsy is acting up again." Sensation of pleasant tension, smooth-pumping pistons, wiper-rhythm. WARNING SPEED CHECKED BY RADAR. Needle's right on 65. Cops make allowances. "Hey nonny nonny and a Ballantine beer." PAY TOLL AHEAD. Get out EXACT CHANGE. Hands resting lightly on wheel. "You don't believe-we're on the eve-of destruction." LINCOLN...