Word: tolls
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Where was the outrage and media coverage when Hamas militants began firing rockets daily into Israel even before the cease-fire was over? If Hamas had believed Israel's threat to retaliate if the attacks did not stop, maybe the death toll would have been limited to Israel. Miriam Goldman, MINEOLA...
Like Ginsu knives and the George Foreman grill, the Snuggie has become synonymous with direct-response advertising, the preferred industry parlance for commercials that feature a toll-free number for placing orders. And thanks to the recession, such "as seen on TV" companies are purchasing more airtime for chump change...
There’s only so much time one can spend with family, though, and hanging out with friends from high school just makes one realize the toll time takes on old friendships. Realistically, the long break will mean a period of solitary confinement, spent glued to the television. For me, two weeks at home is enough—another minute in rural Concord, Massachusetts would make me implode. If I didn’t ever want to leave home, I would have gone to Williams...
...Perhaps it should. While the death toll was low compared with other recent attacks, the bomber - Shamsullah Rehman, according to the Taliban spokesman who took credit for the blast - was able to penetrate the very center of Kabul. He detonated his Toyota Corolla in front of the German embassy and across the street from a U.S. military base on one of the most well-guarded roads in the capital. The attack took place less than two months after a similar bombing in front of the U.S. embassy that killed four, and just over a year after an audacious commando-style...
...than he devoted to the story of the father of a Marine killed in Iraq. He could hardly be accused of making a big deal about nonwar matters when he summed up the current crisis in a single sentence: "These are very tough times for hardworking families, but the toll would be far worse if we had not acted...