Word: tolls
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Although police backed away from many confrontations, troops in Karachi fired on an impromptu demonstration, which had been organized during a curfew break to allow residents to shop and attend Muslim services. At least 20 people were killed and 200 wounded. Last week's violence raised the death toll to about 250 since the troubles began nearly two months ago. At least 4,000 people have been injured and 35,000 arrested...
...life. But Shimon Peres, as usual, was relaxed and well-groomed as he sipped Turkish coffee in his Defense Ministry office while discussing Israel's latest political crisis with TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief Donald Neff and Correspondent David Halevy. The only clue that the pressure had taken its toll: Peres, 53, whose memory is notably accurate, from time to time peeked at a small pocket diary to check on his recollections of what he called "in political terms, a complete revolution...
...real key thing to going to Florida, though, is being able to drive back and watch some lady go one-for-three at a Connecticut toll booth. She was obviously in a penalty situation...
...terrorist acts that have bedeviled the country. It proved again how vulnerable the society is to such attacks. Given the circumstances, it was wondrous that the drama ended with so little blood spilled: one dead and four wounded by gunfire, a dozen others cut and beaten. That the toll was not higher was in part a tribute to the primary tactic U.S. law enforcement officials are now using to thwart terrorists-patience (see box). But most of all, perhaps, it was due to the courageous intervention of three Muslim ambassadors, Egypt's Ashraf Ghorbal. Pakistan's Sahabzada Yaqub...
...dream." So said a young Rumanian last week, as he watched bulldozers and mechanical shovels snarl and roar through the debris in downtown Bucharest caused by the most devastating earthquake in the country's history (TIME, March 14). Rumanian President Nicolae Ceauşescu announced that the death toll for the country had reached 1,387; he estimated the number of wounded at 10,500, including 2,500 who were still hospitalized. The 20-second quake, which registered 7.2 on the Richter scale and was followed by 20 minutes of reverberations, had wiped out about 20,000 houses...