Word: tolls
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After two weeks, the deadly pneumonic plague has spread from the port city of Surat to New Delhi and five other states, including West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. But officials claimed they had the epidemic under control. At week's end the death toll topped...
Benke added that the course at Brown is "very tough, with a lot of hills--it takes its toll on your legs." She said that the team has been "looking good in practice--we've all been talking it up, and we're aware of what we have...
...continuing to spread to the far reaches of the subcontinent, with new cases reported in the huge metropolises of New Delhi and Calcutta -- both hundreds of miles away from where the diseases started. The official tally of deaths is 54, but unofficial -- and probably more accurate -- figures set the toll at about 300. India hasn't seen such a scourge since the 1950s, a major problem in fighting the disaster. Explains TIME associate editor Christine Gorman, who covers science: "One of the things that could work against them is the inexperience of the doctors...
Still, the pace of a multi-billion dollar capital campaign may be taking its toll on Rudenstine, Asked about the campaign in a press conference last week, the president's expression grew stern and the customary liveliness disappeared from his voice...
When so much of the day's job involves exposure to the darkest corners of human nature, cynicism and denial serve as a handy emotional vaccine. But that coldness can take a personal toll; and at worst, the day's violence bleeds into the home. In a study by Arizona State University sociologist Leanor Boulin-Johnson of 728 officers in two East Coast departments, some 40% responded that "they had gotten out of control and behaved violently against their spouse and children." Last week in Alexandria, Louisiana, deputy sheriff Paul Broussard shot his estranged wife Andrea five times because...