Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nose to Nose. Quickly, the Fall River Plan spread to nearby towns. Teenagers, backed by parents, staged pop concerts, cake sales, manned sidewalk booths, highway "toll stations,'' ran a dress shop. Fradkin meanwhile pushed his plan by letter, phone, or nose-to-nose persuasion, got more inquiries than he could handle. Last year he organized the communities with do-it-yourself scholarship plans into the loosely knit Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America, Inc., charged a $50 chartering fee to pay for a rented typewriter, phone bills, and the salary of the sole employee of the foundation...
Elston's unshakable calm and concentration make him the most successful relief pitcher in the National League. But the frequency with which he works takes its toll. "There are times." says Elston wearily, "when the physical strain is such that I just can't pitch." Still, Fireman Elston has no desire to quit the bullpen for the regular rotation of a starting pitcher. "I don't want to be a starter," he explains. "I'm a success in the job I'm doing...
Although "those years took their toll" by making creativity a dangerous venture, there were other factors that made the playwright's lot no easier. Describing her reactions to critics, she said. "I'm not sure you can ever learn from them... they are frequently very puzzling people...
...revolution has emerged victorious though paying a high toll in courageous lives of fighters who faced the invaders...
...Election Toll. Diem responded by handing Colonel Thao command of vital, rice-growing Kienhoa province in the Mekong River delta, where previous commanders had failed. There Thao has cut the guerrillas down to size with skill and daring at their own nighttime jungle tactics. "When there is too much light, you can see nothing," says Thao. "The truth is in the night...