Word: alarmed
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...unites and divides the nation, besides the road," says Washington bureau chief Michael Duffy. That search took our journalists last week to high schools, truck shops, bowling alleys and bars. They explored a 2,000-year-old Indian burial mound, a doll factory, an FBI lab and a two-alarm fire. The first dispatch from the Greyhound appears in this week's issue. Look for our full report next month...
...CAUSE FOR ALARM...
While taking a nap in my Canaday F room, the wind (something I'm usually quite fond of) blew my alarm clock off its former resting place on my window sill to its final resting place on the steps of the dorm. Consequentially, my alarm clock broke into several pieces upon hitting the pavement. In my daze, I decided that this was an inconsequential occurrence and promptly slept, not surprisingly, for a long time. This must be the reason for the rule against removing window screens. The clock is in pieces just when I needed it the most. --Anonymous
...aboard the Russian space station Mir, Linenger was relaxing one evening when an alarm rang in the astronomy module. Rushing to the little lab, he found a cosmonaut swatting at a blaze erupting from an air canister. Linenger and his crewmates hurried to help, but the feeble fire extinguishers they carried were no match for the oxygen-fed flames. Ordinarily if things got out of hand, the crew could evacuate in a Soyuz capsule docked outside. But this time the fire blocked their path. Fortunately, the flames exhausted themselves before it became necessary to abandon ship, and the crisis passed...
...into public-works budgets do we really want business to wade? Already, some local police and fire departments have official sponsors. In St. Clair County, Illinois, sheriff's department squad cars carry the logo and phone number of Barcom Electronics, a local alarm company. Barcom pays $6,000 a year to the county, which uses the money for a drug-awareness program. "Obviously, I get instant credibility," says Barcom executive Mark Bartle. But there's a danger too: if the department should come to rely on private funds for needs like vehicle maintenance, it could have to scramble to keep...