Word: alarmed
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...brother's decision, he quickly affirmed his loyalty to the new heir. Abdullah, designated regent while his father struggles to overcome non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, pledged to Hussein to "follow in your footsteps." U.S. officials privately called him "a chip off the old block," and Israel reacted without alarm. Many analysts regard the leadership turmoil in Jordan as less worrisome than that in other Arab states, where aging Kings and Presidents may soon give way to unfamiliar new rulers. Jordan's transition, says Anthony Cordesman, a Washington-based Middle East scholar, is only "the first step in a long process...
...Just build it yourself,'" says Kim. "Or we can help with it, and it can be on the same level as the others." Jake may have a hard time topping Tucker Carter, another third-grader, who has already made his presentation. Tucker whipped up a fully functioning battery-operated alarm clock that uses a windshield pump to squirt cold water at the sleeper. The kids whooped at this bit of ingenuity, but even they were suspicious. Either Tucker is a prodigiously gifted engineer, or his dad built the clock for him. Sighed David Nihill, the school's principal: "It looks...
...hearing about the most is the collapse of the school system, the IRS of childhood.) But her parents have had trouble winning over community leaders. When Diane asked to address the local Girl Scout troop, she was turned down by a scout leader who was worried that Diane would alarm the girls. "Scouts prepare for emergencies lasting 72 hours," says Diane. "We just want to extend that to six months." And if the year 2000 arrives and civilization doesn't fall to pieces? She laughs. "I don't have to buy groceries for a long time...
There are already small signs of alarm. Preparedness Resources Inc. is a 20-year-old Utah purveyor of dehydrated foods. The typical order of one year's "nutritionally balanced" supply of grains, vegetables, fruit, milk, meat substitutes and cooking aids sells for $1,495 plus shipping. Until about 1995, the company did most of its business with Mormons, who stockpile food as a principle of their faith. More recently, however, as much as 90% of sales have been to non-Mormons. "Y2K is driving the worry," says office manager Roslyn Niebuhr. Because monthly sales have zoomed from...
...them presumably innocent--weigh the ease of submitting to a DNA test against their right to refuse and the suspicion that would be raised if they did. It's a problem that is becoming more and more familiar--and, for civil libertarians, cause for more and more alarm. "These are technologies in which powerful organs in society control members with less power," frets Philip Bereano, a member of the American Civil Liberties Union's board of directors. "They are inherently violative of civil rights...