Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what we don't need to hear (how many of us slept through the bells of Memorial Church when we were first-years?). Frankly, some of us like the harmonious sound, and still others actually use the bells to tell the time. As Donne points out, "The bell doth toll for him that thinks it doth...
...virus rocketed to the farthest points of the globe. From September 1918 through March 1919, it killed 33,387 people in New York City, just over 1% of the city's population. In some Alaskan villages, the death toll topped 50%; in one, Teller Mission (now Brevig Mission), 85% were dead within a week...
...everyday strains of daily life also take their toll on students' bodies. Some haul almost half their body weight in their book bags to and from class each day. Others succumb to e-mail addiction, spending hours glued to the computer screen, feverishly typing. Such repetitive strains can all be eased through massage...
...point that the Iraqi people will rebel. Statistics, however, show that the Iraqi situation could hardly get worse than it is now. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reports that sanctions have led to the deaths of more than 560,000 Iraqi children--a total greater than the death toll of Bosnian genocide. In a country of 20 million, 1 million have died since 1990. The truth of the matter is that suffering caused by bombing will only add to already overwhelming misery. Bombing Iraq once again, especially if Iraq does not first attack another country, will just...
...Israelis into re-entering urban areas now under Palestinian control, where they would come under fire not only from Arafat's official forces but also from illegally armed Palestinians. The result would be high casualties on both sides. Arafat, according to the security official, believes a large death toll would force the U.S. to step in to stop the bloodletting and, presumably, impose a diplomatic solution that would give the Palestinians greater autonomy...