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...children, had perished; thousands were injured and a quarter of a million left homeless. With so many simply washed away by the storm's fury, and with at least 400 sparsely populated chars, or tiny islands, still cut off from the mainland, it was assumed that the final death toll could double...
What makes her success even more remarkable is that it has come in a sport that is notorious for taking its toll on competitors. The grueling nature of distance running often leads to injuries and burnout--not three-year champs...
...Kwangju, 200 miles south of Seoul, in which thousands of students took over the provincial capital to protest the declaration of martial law. After South Korean troops moved in to put down the Kwangju uprising, 191 people were killed, according to the official count. Other estimates put the toll as high as 1,000. The U.S., say Washington officials, approved the sending of only one of the divisions that brutally recaptured the city. Nonetheless, some critics of the Chun government still hold the U.S. partly accountable for the slaughter. To many of Chun's opponents, Kwangju has become a symbol...
...cuts in civilian spending that Reagan demanded were bitterly unpopular with many of their constituents. To mollify them, the Republicans felt they had to make the Pentagon share in the sacrifice. All those tales of military extravagance, of $400 hammers and $600 toilet seats, had taken a toll. A / feeling had grown too that after years of rapid increases in military spending under Reagan, U.S. fighting strength had been adequately rebuilt...
...escape. "The fire simply erupted at the back of the stand and seemed to spread everywhere inside seconds," Yorath said. "We were all panic- stricken and had no idea what to do." The fire started under the grandstand floorboards, and authorities are investigating the possibility of arson. The estimated toll: 40 dead, 200 injured. Said a police spokesman: "As far as we know it is the worst fire ever in a British football stadium...