Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Racism is not dead. There's a lack of images of successful Black people, or a lack of images entirely. You don't see Black people in story-books, or commercials," she continues. "Even at Harvard we're not isolated from racism--these things take a toll on your self-image, self-esteem, and confidence. Black people who make it often work even harder than white people who make it, and it's unfair to say we're not qualified...
Profiles of attractive "'Cliffedwellers" werefrequent features, especially "Freshmanettes." Oneprofile of first-year Georganne Williamson wastitled "Southern Belle Takes Toll, WringsHarvardian Hearts; Gracious Georgane SweetensBrooks Tea." The caption of her picture read "HerDixieland charms thaw Cambridge frost...
...when students enter Harvard, they experience an extensive advising system through their first-year proctors. During their sophomore year, unless they concentrate in a particularly friendly department, they have little or no advising. That huge drop in advising between the first and second year is bound to take its toll on students who would like a little more guidance but don't want...
...pace of terror has picked up considerably. During the nearly six years of the uprising, or intifadeh, that preceded the agreement, Palestinians killed 161 Israelis; in the 20 months since the agreement was signed, the toll is 123 dead. Most were victims of suicide bombings carried out by Muslim extremists. "You get the feeling we're collectively going over a cliff," says student Sarah Halevi. "I completely don't trust anything the Palestinians say." Seeing the killers celebrated in the streets of Gaza, and how gingerly Yasser Arafat's governing Palestinian Authority has treated them (at least until very recently...
...Serbs retaliated by shelling five of the six U.N.-established "safe zones" in Bosnia, killing 76 people. It was the highest death toll in months and triggered a second air raid on other Pale ammunition dumps Friday that might have done serious damage: observers noted a heavy explosion and a thick column of smoke. The Serb response was to seize or detain more than 200 members of the U.N. peacekeeping force in various locations in Bosnia; some were merely kept under a sort of house arrest, but TV showed pictures of a few being held in chains at the ammunition...