Word: tolls
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...Zarqawi was a huge victory that led to the capture of some 800 insurgents and the killings of at least 100 more, officials said. But even as Iraqi National Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie trumpeted "the beginning of the end of al-Qaeda in Iraq," the U.S. military death toll passed 2,500, deadly attacks by insurgents continued, and al-Zarqawi's successor was named. A U.S. military spokesman identified him as Egyptian-born Abu Ayyub al-Masri, though jihadis said his name is Abu Hamza al-Muhajer. (A U.S. intelligence official said the man's real identity...
...nothing publicly--was an unrequired, if welcome, courtesy. Rove had been in suspense since at least February 2004, when he made the first of five grand jury appearances. Luskin said the case, which continues with charges against former White House official I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, had taken "an enormous toll" and that his client was relieved...
...Deadliest War in the World Our reporting on the forgotten conflict in Congo and the enormous toll it has taken on the nation's inhabitants moved readers to share their sadness and pity. Many wondered how the devastation could have escaped the world's attention for so long, while others called for action to prevent further suffering...
...sanguine. Just a few summers ago, the American rock festival seemed destined for the trash heap of music history. As recently as 2004, Lollapalooza, the granddaddy of traveling rock happenings, was struggling to stay afloat as sagging ticket sales and a general decline in live concert attendance took its toll. But the following year, Lollapalooza retooled itself from a touring entity into a two-day event based in Chicago's Grant Park. More than 60,000 people showed up to see a slate of some 60 bands that included the Pixies, the Killers, Arcade Fire and Widespread Panic. The event...
...only turned over every stone, he'd turned over every pebble," Luskin said. "Karl is obviously relieved. He felt, and I certainly believe quite correctly, that he'd done his very best to cooperate as best he could, right from the beginning. This has taken an enormous toll on him and his family, to be in the center of something like this and to have these things said about him day after day and week after week...