Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...asbestos has taken its toll among plant employees. Over 25 have died of lung cancer or asbesiosis. The death toll may reach 200 out of 900 plant workers...
Injuries crippled the Crimson forces in the meet. Coach Bill McCurdy said, "The loss of John Murphy in the mile and in the two-mile relay, the absence of Paul Organ in the hurdles, and the inability to use Peter Nsiah in the dash each significantly took its toll on the overall team performance...
...good. The screenplay not only spins the tale of a tragic love triangle, it also attempts to chronicle Sally's growing political radicalization and her feminist-styled friendship with another woman on base (Penelope Milford). In the film's second half, the narrative extravagance takes its toll. Contrived plot devices, including the suicide of a minor character and the sudden intrusion of malevolent FBI agents, spring up to jerk Coming Home toward its conclusion...
...Marriage and childbearing are "national priorities" that produce social prejudices against the widow and the unmarried woman. "To be single," writes Hazleton, "is considered the greatest misfortune that can befall an Israeli woman." In primary schools, she says, youngsters absorb "a shocking degree of sex stereotyping" that takes its toll on Israeli females. One kibbutz psychologist finds that girls are consistently more moody, tense, tired and anxious than boys...
...injury list grows on, and with each toll of the death bell it gets to the point where if you want to watch Harvard hockey in action you have to pull up a rinkside wheelchair at Stillman Infirmary...