Word: alarmers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington some observers believe the heralded Iranian attack on Basra could turn out to be a false alarm. "Every year we hear the same thing -- now | comes the final offensive," says Thomas McNaugher, a Persian Gulf watcher at the Brookings Institution, "and every year it peters out." Nonetheless, the prospect, however faint, that Iran could begin to extend its control deeper into Iraq and then through the gulf is too serious to be ignored. Windows in Kuwait already rattle from Iranian artillery bombardments just 15 miles away. Saudi Arabia and other neighboring states are growing increasingly nervous. "Complacency...
Despite growing alarm about the role and power of PACs, cracking down on them amounts to spurning campaign contributions -- something politicians ( hardly ever do willingly. Not unexpectedly, a bill to impose strict limits on PAC participation has languished in Congress for a year. Last week, to the surprise of even the bill's sponsors, the measure emerged and was approved by the Senate, 69 to 30, with its sternest rules intact...
...campaign against the drug. Some 200 ministers, celebrities and antidrug activists participated in street-corner rallies and 24-hour vigils in areas where crack is sold. "The house is on fire," said Actor Ossie Davis at a rally in Harlem. "Those of us who care have to ring the alarm bell." While calling for greater community action, organizers of the campaign mocked the Federal Government's efforts to stop drug trafficking, including the raids in Bolivia. "I'll never understand why, if they're serious about a drug bust, they decide to announce it to the world a week before...
When petroleum was still a pricey commodity, Texas oil barons had little trouble getting loans. But as the value of oil has plummeted in recent months, the state's banks have watched in alarm while many borrowers were unable to make payments. Last week InterFirst of Dallas, the third- largest Texas bank holding company, said that it expects second-quarter loan-related losses of at least $260 million...
...burglar alarm at Russborough House, the country estate of British Millionaire Sir Alfred Beit located 18 miles southwest of Dublin, went off at < 2 a.m. Police searched the premises, found nothing amiss, then left. The next morning, the administrator of the collection discovered that 18 paintings worth an estimated $45 million had been stolen. Sir Alfred put the blame on "thieves of a political nature...