Word: alarmers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ferry capsized so suddenly that the crew did not even have time to send out an SOS. Crewmen from a nearby dredging tug sounded the alarm, then scrambled aboard the upturned starboard side of the disabled Herald. They hacked holes through the double-glazed porthole windows and began lowering ropes to pull passengers out of the maze of inner compartments, which were quickly filling with ice-cold sea water. A flotilla of small boats soon surrounded the upended ship, and seamen searched for passengers who had been hurled into the water from open upper decks. Susan Hames of Coventry...
...most countries an unemployment rate of only 3% would be nothing short of nirvana. But in Japan it is cause for national anguish and alarm. Because of continuing woes in such industries as steel and even autos, Japan has reached the 3% jobless level for the first time since it began keeping monthly employment statistics...
...junk food was rising. "The worm represented, on the one hand, the garbage food," says Kapferer, "and, on the other hand, the internal destruction that comes when you eat it. Far from being an aberration on the part of a bunch of crazies, this rumor was a cry of alarm...
Professor Harvardicus returns home after spending the rest of the day at the Faculty Club. When he arrives home, he opens the door and sets off the burglar alarm. He tries slamming the door and turning the porch lights on and off quickly, but to no avail. Finally, he screams, "Honey, how the hell do you work the burglar alarm," and his wife, roused by the noise, comes over and fixes...
...alarm fire was reported at 10:40 p.m. Firemen found a burning sofa bed in the elevator lobby of the ninth floor. Marcelin was discovered unconscious in an elevator, which had become stuck at the scene of the fire...