Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...moth has decimated millions of acres in Siberia and China. Among the reasons: the Asian moths can cover 20 miles before laying their eggs. (Females of the European variety do not fly.) If the Asian gypsy moth becomes entrenched in the Pacific Northwest, the Forest Service estimates that the toll on the timber industry could run upwards of $35 billion over the next 40 years. By contrast, Washington's spray program -- which is scheduled to run about six weeks and cover 116,500 acres -- will cost $8.9 million. British Columbia has already started spraying, and Oregon has just begun...
Expo does not suffer in the comparison. There are a dozen works of intriguing, even distinguished architecture. Some of the 100-odd buildings seem commissioned by clueless bureaucrats inclined to toll-booth architecture, and several by well-intentioned arts-and-crafts types, but the surprise is how many compelling, even cutting-edge buildings have been put up. And there is not much correlation between national wealth and pavilion quality. A few small countries can be very proud, and some big, rich countries ought to be embarrassed...
...streets, catching innocent bystanders in the crossfire. In the week since independence was recognized, more than 100 have died, and the Serbian-dominated Yugoslav army has refused to intervene. Because of the close intermingling of Bosnia's Muslims, Serbs and Croats, some fear the casualties could eventually dwarf the toll in Croatia, where ethnic violence has taken more than 10,000 lives since last summer...
...effort to stay close to the people, Brown repeatedly urges calls to his toll-free information number...
...long hours that Brown required of his staffers also took their toll. Carl Werthman, a special assistant to Brown, had a heart attack. Tom Hickey, who had been Pat Brown's travel secretary for two years, developed pneumonia and hepatitis after less than six months as an aide to the younger Brown. David Jensen, a press aide, developed an ulcer...