Word: tolls
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...danger of dying, and in the beginning of his presidential race last April, when he emerged from a long seclusion to stubbornly campaign, make public appearances, and even dance to rock music to win the vote," says Zarakhovich. "However, each such recuperation seems to take a heavy toll. These bouts of hyper-activity that followed periods of inaction and illness have led to passivity and long hospital stays, reminding the Russians of the Brezhnev-Chernenko era." How long Yeltsin's latest recovery will last is anybody's guess: "Over last 80 years, the Soviet school of medicine has attained only...
...final death toll: 11 Israelis, five Palestinians, one German policeman and whatever remained of the innocence of the Olympic Games. Some found fault with the "Games must go on" urgings of then Olympics chairman Avery Brundage and the bumbling of the West German authorities, whose miscalculations led to what many considered an unnecessary bloodbath on the tarmac...
...after day, a different sort of olympic heroism take place in East Moriches. Divers pursue bodies, not records, and rescue efforts take their toll not only on the families of the deceased, but the dedicated workers trying to put the pieces of this tragedy together...
...Flight 800 was deliberate terror. If the plane was sabotaged, the disaster becomes America's third milestone on a forced march into a demonic dimension, even as the country had been preparing to soar to Olympic heights. If the 230 who died last week were murdered, then the toll of terror is escalating precipitously: six people died in the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993; 168 in the Oklahoma City attack in 1995. And as it waits for the sea to give up its mysteries, America sifts the wreckage for clues to the crime, reassembling the plane...
...that the home test was considered very carefully because of concerns that those who test positive need to receive adequate counseling about what to do. Users of the new tests, Home Access ($39.95) and Home Access Express ($49.95), must send a blood sample to a lab, then call a toll-free number with a private personal identification code to get the results. If the results are positive or inconclusive, a counselor gets on the line to refer people to a full-time counselor and discuss medical options. "The advantage of a home test is the sense of privacy which might...