Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...motivation to be strong, sharp, demanding." It also places a new burden on Moceanu. "You want to live up to the expectation," she says. Then again, Moceanu has lived her whole life with others' expectations: first her father's, now Karolyi's. But she prefers not to discuss the toll. "I'm aware of it, yeah," she allows. "I don't bring it up too much...
...good service to the victim of a crime by "emulating his murderer." Well, perhaps not. But I do not believe that retribution--in the case of capital crimes, a sense of individual and communal vengeance--is a vice. I will feel no remorse when I hear the bell toll for John Royster...
...advantage of this alternative is simple. Without the constant bills and payments, the Harvard experience could become vastly less stressful. Need-blind admissions would never be in jeopardy. And Commencement would take that much less of a toll on students' purses...
Rudenstine's hallmark of intense personal involvement eventually took its toll. On November 28, 1994, the University announced Rudenstine was suffering from severe fatigue and would be on medical leave for at least several weeks...
...work force. CEO Gun Denhart had also won kudos for her "Hannadowns" program, in which used Hanna clothing could be returned for a 20% credit toward the next purchase. The used clothing was then donated to homeless children. But rising postal and paper costs took a toll on this company, which last year had chalked up $52 million in sales...