Word: tolls
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...Bush Administration has praised Canada's conservative Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, for his commitment to the war. But its toll has unnerved Canadian citizens and opposition leaders. A recent poll showed that 47% of Canadians wanted their soldiers to leave Afghanistan immediately, and only 17% supported maintaining a combat role...
...captain Brooks Scholl says. “We’re putting him against the best defensemen on each team.”While the highly-touted Gibbons clearly possesses the talent to perform at the college level, such an intimidating introduction undoubtedly has taken its toll.“[Gibbons] was nervous his first few games,” tri-captain Nick La Fiura explains. “He started right away and that puts lots of pressure on a young guy, but he’s developed into a great contributor.”Although...
...Republicans competed over who could describe the early conduct of the war in the most devastating terms, even as they debated where to go from here and what it would take to get there. This was war and remembrance in three-part harmony. Above all, the doubt and division toll the bell for the soldier whose valor, at least, was invulnerable...
Bread up 10% AUSTRALIA A six-year drought has taken a toll on what is normally one of the world's largest wheat producers...
...evidence of poor Iraqi leadership and ill-prepared and unmotivated U.S.-trained Iraqi troops. While Iran helped negotiate a deal that curbed the fighting in Basra, Tehran continues to supply Shi'ite groups linked to cleric Moqtada al Sadr with lethal weapons and training that continue to take a toll on U.S. forces, Pentagon officials say. That, they add glumly, suggests Iran could continue a game of hard-nosed cat-and-mouse for as long as U.S. troops are in Iraq...