Word: tolls
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TAIPEI: Taiwan's recent war of nerves with China has taken its toll on the island's economy. China's military threats have damaged public confidence, as Taiwanese have rushed to sell their stocks and change their money into U.S. dollars, causing markets to plunge. Despite a government-led $7.4 billion effort to help stabilize the markets, economic growth projections for 1996 have been downgraded from 6.52 percent to 6.36 percent. "If this drags on, Taiwan will lose its competitive edge of market stability, and in a way that is Beijing's ultimate message," FlorCruz says. "China doesn't have...
Yesterday morning, I awoke to discover that another terrorist bombing in Jerusalem had killed twenty people. The same city, the same bus route, the same time of day, the same death toll, the same despicable group of terrorists. I would say that it is a recurring nightmare, except that it is real...
Kozloff said she knew the thesis experience had taken its toll on her when her roommates pointed out that she had been talking to herself for several days...
According to the FAO report, conservative estimates place the death toll among children under five at 567,000, with a three-fold increase in infant mortality, and a four-fold increase in cases of marasmus since the end of the war, Fawzi said...
...visions of chapters and drafts dance through seniors' nightmares, their social lives and other classwork often suffers. Only the luckiest of authors still like their topic. In addition, theses take their toll on advisers, who each week carry home ever-growing piles of laser-printed pages...