Word: tolls
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Though close relatives of transplant patients have tended to be stoic, the toll has been considerable. It was only after the death of Barney Clark, the first man to receive a Jarvik-7, that his wife Una Loy admitted her travail. The stress of the 112-day vigil was so great, she said, "I had a hard time realizing what day of the week...
...jumped up and down in a frenzy, screaming as they fired, and security guards shot back. "People were falling all over the place," recalled Anna Girometta, who operates a gift shop near the coffee bar. "It seemed to go on forever." Five minutes later, the carnage was over. The toll: 15 people dead, including three of the terrorists, and 74 wounded...
...commandeered his Mercedes-Benz. In a running gun battle with police, the terrorists tossed a grenade at a pursuing patrol car (it missed), and police bullets flattened a tire and pierced the gas tank of the Mercedes. Just two miles from the airport, the killers were stopped. The toll: three dead, including one of the terrorists, and 47 wounded...
...little too up to date in Kansas City has already become a part of life in offices and plants across the U.S. Companies no longer treat drug problems as an embarrassing aberration limited to a few low-level employees. While most firms have long been aware of the toll that alcoholism takes on workers, they are now confronted with widespread abuse of illegal drugs as well, from the shop floor to the executive suite...
...million people have called the group's toll-free number (1 800 USA-9000) or otherwise shown interest in this good old American mixture of corporate marketing, show-biz glitz and genuine grass-roots spirit. Although that is still a good distance from the final goal, Ken Kragen, the project's Pied Piper, says some $16 million has been raised or pledged to stage the event, and that interest will soon reach a critical mass...