Word: tolls
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...continued for a full 10 minutes, until four police officers arrived on the scene, returned his fire and wounded him four times. The gunman then stumbled into a rear alcove, where he pumped a bullet into his own head. By the time he slumped to the floor, the death toll stood at 23. It was the worst mass murder in U.S. history, surpassing the 1984 massacre at a McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro, Calif., that left 21 dead...
...streak. The other day his barber, Milton Pitts, asked Bush if he'd heard any new jokes. "All the jokes have dried up," answered Bush. That's an exaggeration, but Pitts did notice a few more gray hairs, a few more wrinkles. The war Bush wages has taken a toll...
...senior suggested Coach Joe Restic's habit of consistently running practices later than scheduled takes its toll on their legs. Over-conditioning aside, the Crimson will have to snap out of its fourth quarter doldrums in order to beat the Big Red (1-3 overall...
Clashes between mutinous troops and Aristide's supporters had left as many as 100 dead in the first few hours of the coup, and Western diplomats believe the final death toll could be in the hundreds. The streets turned quiet after bands of soldiers began patrolling in unmarked cars, their rifles protruding from the windows. Haitians mounted a de facto general strike even before Prime Minister Rene Preval, who is in hiding, sent out the call for one. "No one is going to work until Titid returns," a taxi driver said, using Aristide's affectionate nickname...
...haven't seen rapes that have occurred because of someone seeing a movie or TV show, but I certainly think the attitude that pervades those images takes its toll on some men's thinking...