Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...1/2-year Iran-Iraq war has turned into one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century. Some 40,000 soldiers have been killed around the southern Iraqi city of Basra just since January. The entire death toll for the war is estimated at more than 1 million. Last week a United Nations inspection team accused Iraq of using chemical weapons against Iranian troops and civilians. Meanwhile, with the help of local Kurdish tribesmen, Iran's forces have established a new offensive in the northern part of Iraq, where the Iranians claim to have captured 185 sq. mi. of territory. Correspondent...
WASHINGTON--President Reagan declared yesterday that U.S. military forces have been told to "defend yourselves" as the death toll from the Iraqi attack on a Navy frigate mounted...
...secretary said the Stark carried a crew of 222. The Pentagon said the death toll had reached 37, and Weinberger said the 185 others "are fine." But he did not elaborate...
Cruse took hostages and held off police for 7 1/2 hours before being captured. His toll: six dead, including two policemen, and 14 injured. The gunman, a retired librarian who is married to an ailing wife, had a reputation as a neighborhood crank. To one of his hostages, he explained his mindless massacre: "If I wasn't drunk, it wouldn't have happened...
...trimming their staffs too far down," says Dr. Dennis O'Leary, president of the Chicago-based Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. O'Leary suggests that the ongoing war between the "money people and the clinical people" at hospitals struggling to contain costs may be taking a toll on quality...