Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact is, after a while, all those red bricks and Veritas shields begin to take their toll. One day, probably one day this spring, I'll start getting gushy and sentimental. But right now, after three years and one month of Harvard classes, Harvard Dining Services, Harvard Yard and The Harvard Crimson, I'm finally getting jaded and feeling ready for the real world; I'm finally starting to get sick of this place...
...freshman English is receding as fast as your hairline. Hepatitis B strikes more than 200,000 Americans each year and kills 6,000, making it the third most deadly vaccine-preventable disease in the U.S., after flu and pneumonia. There are, of course, other viruses that take a toll on the liver. But hepatitis A, which is transmitted via contaminated water and food (think raw oysters and salad bars), doesn't usually cause permanent damage. And there is as yet no vaccine for hepatitis C, which is transmitted during sexual intercourse, among other ways...
Technology was supposed to make our lives simpler. Instead we're stuck with 40-lb. monitors, beeping cell phones and a rat's nest of cables. Now JVC and Sharp are making truly simple handheld devices for sending and receiving e-mail. Users just type a note, dial a toll-free number on any phone, then hold the device up to the mouthpiece while short, modemlike screeches indicate that messages are being transmitted. Available this fall, JVC's $100 HC-E100 and Sharp's $150 TelMail require a $10 monthly...
...immediate lesson Blake learned is that he must improve his fitness level. The increased range of ground strokes, heavier topspin and more dynamic second serves of the pros clearly took their toll on Blake's body. Twice during ATP competition--during the U.S. Open and Pilot Pen--Blake had to be treated for cramps...
...this week, it's time for the rest of us to focus on a different kind of sex scandal. I'm talking about the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases--everything from genital herpes to HIV to human papillomavirus--that is ravaging the U.S. and has taken a particularly harsh toll on teenagers. Things have got so bad that researchers from Johns Hopkins University last week called for routine screening every six months of all sexually active teenage girls for infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, a germ that can inflict permanent infertility. First isolated from the genital tract in 1959, chlamydia causes...