Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...taken it's toll, it's starting to hit hard," says David Varela, student government president at Framingham State College. "Unfortunately people don't realize that there are students who aren't prepared for these increases in tuition, fees and housing--some students...
...required warning labels on all containers of alcoholic beverages sold in the U.S. Expanding on that approach, legislation sponsored by Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee and Representative Joe Kennedy of Massachusetts would require spoken health warnings in all TV and radio ads for beer and wine, including toll-free telephone numbers that would provide callers with information on how to cope with alcoholism. The legislation has garnered broad bipartisan support, in part because of studies showing that alcohol abuse costs the U.S. an estimated $136 billion every year. The annual health cost of smoking is about $52 billion...
...nightcap, fatigue and the brutally cold weather took their toll on the Crimson, causing many costly errors. The absence of injured starters Nancy Sparrow and Christine did not help either...
...Japan, a nation ripe for exploitation. Cocaine sells there for $85,000 a kilogram, in contrast to $17,000 in Miami. Japanese police, according to a secret Drug Enforcement Administration cable, do not have a simple computer system to store criminal histories, much less one that can analyze telephone toll records or trace money-laundering trails...
...sparked the worst violence and the most serious threat to his authority since pro-democracy forces took to the streets two months ago. As 200,000 demonstrators marched toward the royal palace in Katmandu, the capital, police started firing. Dozens of people were killed, and some witnesses claim the toll was much higher. Opposition leaders vowed to continue seeking a multiparty government and limits on Birendra's sweeping powers...