Some fear that raising the passing score could take a particularly harsh toll on city students.

The war itself, however, left a harsh toll in the economy and population, which decreased over the 11-year period between 1910 and 1921.

But by the early 80's, he said, drugs had already begun to take a harsh toll, and "everyone assumed that things couldn't get any worse."

Nevertheless, for a few of those Americans, the two days of exploding shells and small arms fire had taken a harsh emotional toll.

The crowds have taken a particularly harsh toll on some national historic sites.

In interviews, diplomats and prominent Jordanians said that the last month has taken a particularly harsh toll on his popularity.

Depopulation and the loss of industrial jobs in recent decades have taken an especially harsh toll in this neighborhood.

Sunburn took a harsh toll on the day-trippers, one of many hazards at the beach in those days.

If anything, say doctors in the Ivory Coast, the disease appears to be taking the harshest toll among the working class and the poor.

In Cuba, the heat, abundant mosquitoes and poor sanitary conditions took a harsh toll.