Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Department of New York City. Impressed by the news of Messrs. Vedder and Sawyer, the Department had opened chlorine clinics last June, had run them until August. Said Dr. Harris, who had charge of the clinics: "Our experience in treating 13 individuals who had asthma gave us cause for alarm in at least two instances, . . . determined our exclusion of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. "Whereas Vedder and Sawyer reported 71.4% of their 931 patients cured, we found only 6.5% of our 506 patients cured. We cannot attach much importance to the 53% of cases that reported improvement. "Until, and unless, others...
...Having perused well the chronicle of the week," and having fortified himself with a dose from Webster, the Instructor in Journalism "views with alarm" the accession of his favorite weekly to the conspiracy to pervert the small adjective "due" to the rank of a conjunction (TIME, p. 10, col. 3, Nov. 24, 1924). How can he keep his students from this barbarous usage when his best ally deserts...
Having perused well the chronicle of the week, the Vigilant Patriot views with alarm...
Having perused well the chronicle of the week, the Vigilant Patriot views with alarm...
Having perused well the chronicle, of the week, the Vigilant. Patriot views with alarm...