Word: tolls
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...months in Iraq, U.S. forces still often find themselves operating in enemy territory--even in the heart of Baghdad. For many, the dangers are mounting. Despite their efforts to stand up Iraqi forces and lower the profile of foreign troops, U.S. commanders have yet to stem the death toll: this month U.S. personnel are dying at three times the rate they were in February...
...damage wreaked by Hurricane Charley on homes, businesses and personal property is expected to reach $7.4 billion, the worst toll since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, according to the Insurance Information Institute. The destruction serves as a reminder to homeowners to check whether their insurance will protect their property when disaster strikes. Especially if you live near the coast or another body of water, you may need several different policies to make sure your property is adequately insured. Among them...
...overshadow the Games' other scandal: the level of doping. At least 22 athletes in a range of sports, from boxing to track and field to weight lifting, were thrown out of the Games for doping-related transgressions, the most in Olympic history. But antidoping officials saw the high toll as progress in their fight to clean up sports. Said Costas Georgakopoulos, who runs the doping lab at the main Athens Olympic complex that analyzed about 3,000 urine and blood samples during the Games: each positive "means we're successful." In the end, the host nation could say the same...
...drop the case, though the accuser's attorneys went on television to suggest that she might have better luck with a civil case. As for the accuser herself, a friend tells TIME that the relentless publicity--including the mistaken release of her name on three occasions--has taken its toll: "She cut all ties to her friends. She's like a ghost...
...Heavy Weather Typhoon Ranamin killed at least 115 people as it hit eastern China, destroying 42,000 homes and causing an estimated $1.85 billion in damage. In the U.S., Florida reeled from the impact of Hurricane Charley (below). Despite the evacuation of 1.4 million people, officials expected the death toll of 15 to rise. Initial estimates put the cost of repairs at $5 billion. A New Frontier BRITAIN The government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority granted experts at Newcastle's Centre for Life a license - the first of its kind - to carry out therapeutic cloning using human embryos...