Word: alarm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...public embarrassment is the least of the problem. One night last week I was preparing for bed when--Annnh! Annnh! Annnh!--the day's requisite alarm went off. No big deal, I figured, and continued brushing my teeth. After five minutes. I called the House superintendent's office and was assured the problem would soon be taken care...
Meanwhile, several Sundays ago, the Lowell fire alarms inexplicably went off eight times, including three at 8:15 a.m., 9:15 a.m., and 10:30 a.m. Had your ears been able to screen out the ringing of the alarms, you could have heard a collective "ugggh" resound throughout the House. At 8:15, everyone came spilling out bleary-eyed, at 9:15, noticeably fewer Lowellians bothered to obey the command; and at 10:30, a mere handful of compulsive law-obeys left their beds. A sociological observation: unpublicized couples, sheepish upon making a rumpled co-appearance after the first fire...
...Thursday, the Cambridge Fire Department responded to a false alarm at Lowell House caused by an overly sensitive smoke detector...
...Lowell House's new alarm system malfunctioned for the third time that...
...interest. Now, as always, there are occasional attempts to break into the passages, forcing Buildings and Grounds to keep up tight security. Not only are the locations of tunnel entrances kept secret, but also all external doors are locked and doors within the tunnels are wired to sound an alarm in the control room. Any unauthorized tourists in the tunnels can be detected immediately, says Tribal...