Word: tolls
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Whatever the truth of that assertion, technological advances have taken a heavy toll on U.S. telephone operators over the years. Their number has dwindled from nearly 250,000 to just 70,000 since AT&T introduced direct-dial long-distance service in the early 1950s...
Time takes its toll on everyone in these Games, especially the ones in the stands: on the ubiquitous mothers recalling 5 a.m. drives to the rink and on the spectators who stop breathing while they wait for a figure skater to land. The fans of Franz Heinzer, the great favorite in the downhill, stomped, rang bells and waved heraldic banners when their Swiss hero hit the slopes; less than two minutes later, their hopes were dead. When AJ Kitt came down the course, eight Americans huddled round walkie-talkies and urged him on, "Go, go, be aggressive, be aggressive. That...
...inherited disorder among whites and a disease that afflicts 25,000 Americans, killing more than 500 every year. Just 10 years ago, the prospects for a girl her age were as bleak as they were inevitable. As the combination of chronic infections, clogged airways and digestive problems took their toll, she could not have expected to outlive her teens. But now, says Ramsey, "Brianna has an excellent chance of living into adulthood." In fact, although Ramsey and other clinicians are reluctant to raise false hopes, Brianna and thousands of other babies born with CF in the past few years...
Cultivating an image as an "outsider" instead of a "run-of-the-mill" politician, Brown invariably refers to the corrupt political system and mentions his toll free 800 number...
...said that his toll-free campaign number hasreceived over 100,000 calls, and that hislarger-than-expected group of supporters showswhat can happen "when we have an election wherethe people can speak...