Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Saturday night, the death toll had reached 66 and estimates of the number of wounded exceeded 200. It was the worst single attack on the Bosnian capital in the 22-month civil war, and because it was so clearly aimed at civilians, it seemed the most cold-blooded. Although it was not immediately clear where the shell was fired from, and although the Serbs denied responsibility, the Bosnian Muslims wasted no time blaming them. "They're not interested in killing our soldiers," said Vice President Ejup Ganic. "They're only interested in killing our people." President Alija Izetbegovic ordered...
Mortar shells take a horrible toll on the country's children...
...awful tired," Walsh said. His troops had beaten Cornell in Minnesota less than 24 hours earlier (in Walsh's first game back after serving a university-enforced five-game suspension for using an ineligible player), and the strain of playing three tough games in four days had taken its toll...
...home and canceling your homeowner's insurance. You're prepared for one terrible but highly unlikely event and unprepared for a host of things that are far more likely." Although Lanning understands the horror that a Klaas case generates, he points out that family violence exacts a much higher toll. "In the two months that you put all this energy and these resources into one child who's been abducted," he says, "200 kids are murdered by their mother or father...
Athletes are forced into unfair expectations. They can't just be good players, they have to become cultural icons. It takes a toll on their play, and even more importantly on our perception of their play. If they are not flashy, charming, or for that matter jerks, then they're not good...