Word: tolls
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...Stress Fractures "Wounds That Don't Bleed" [Nov. 29], on the severe stress that is taking its toll on U.S. troops in Iraq, was an excellent article on an aspect of the war the daily media rarely cover. One of the most depressing situations facing our troops is that they can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. So many Americans are having their terms extended that a service member cannot count on any date to go home. That makes it difficult for even the most patriotic and committed troops to hang on. James A. Embree Sacramento...
...gradually across the country over the next nine months, with consumers in Western states beginning first. The Midwest will go live March 1, the South June 1, and the East and U.S. Territories on Sept. 1. The three major credit bureaus--Equifax, Experian and TransUnion--have set up a toll-free phone line (877-322-8228) to handle requests, or you can send a written request to Annual Credit Report Request Service, P.O. Box 105281, Atlanta...
...Annan's associates say that while he has no intention of stepping down, he is feeling unprecedented pressure. "He looks good, he sounds good," says a former senior official who has worked closely with him. "But the many--and often wildly unfair--personal attacks have taken a huge toll...
...that's just the start. Over the past year, the city has hounded dog owners to buy pet licenses, dispatched investigators to public garages in search of registration-sticker scofflaws and agreed to lease its Chicago Skyway toll road to a private company for $1.83 billion over 99 years...
...exchange between Wilson and Rumsfeld was the most public airing of a concern that has spread among soldiers serving in Iraq and their families as the death toll has climbed: Is the U.S. sending troops into the line of fire without the means to protect themselves? The Pentagon has treated reports of equipment shortages--troops' hammering sheet metal onto humvees or asking their families to send bulletproof vests--as isolated kinks in the military supply chain. But last week, in response to Specialist Wilson, military officials were forced to acknowledge an unsettling reality: the U.S. has nowhere near the number...