Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...damage in the Caribbean and Mexico. An additional 200 people . were feared drowned after a rain-swollen river jumped its banks and overturned four buses Saturday in Monterrey, Mexico. But highly accurate tracking and early warnings prevented more widespread loss of life. The storm ranked well below the toll of recent killer hurricanes like David (1,100 deaths in 1979) and Flora (7,200 deaths...
...military yesterday placed the death toll at 23, but gave no details...
...made money on the announcements until 1980, when AT&T launched its Dial-It service. The 900-prefix, long- distance lines enabled callers to participate in automated polls, typically sponsored by TV shows, for 50 cents for the first minute. Initially AT&T pocketed all the toll charges, but in 1985 the company began sharing the proceeds with smaller companies that operated the information services. The arrangement sparked a proliferation of long-distance call-in lines, from which AT&T generated about $100 million in revenues last year...
...death toll from the storm's onslaught through the Caribbean islands and the Yucatan was at least 36, and estimates of the damage have reached $8 billion...
...death toll from Hurrican Gilbert was expected to rise...