Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Shock of History. Despite its readiness, Washington, especially legislators and newsmen who were not keeping up on the revolutionary events in military weapons, had a sense of shock when the British announcement came. But neither the military nor the White House sent up cries of alarm: the only question about the British decision was when it would come. And now that it had come, its effect on other questions-the balance of U.S. defense forces, the might of troop contributions by NATO nations, etc., could be met as they developed...
...have just received your letter of March 22 viewing with alarm the appointment of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer to deliver the 1957 William James lectures on philosophy at Harvard University...
...massive vault whose walls, floors and ceilings are built of 6-in. concrete reinforced by steel; its treasures are guarded when the room is empty by two opaque glass hemispheres embedded in the ceiling, so sensitive that they will register an intruder's breath and sound the alarm. In this room Schriever arrays his men before a "Master Milestone Chart" which lists the key achievement dates and key target dates in the progress of the ICBM. Eight thousand channels lead from all elements of the program to the master chart, and they reveal clearly, and often painfully, where...
Home Fires. In Nashua, N.H., a woman telephoned Chief Albert L. Tanguay to report a fire, was told he was out but that it was not necessary to give him the alarm in person, replied, "Yes, I know. I'm his wife. I just wanted him to know it was his house...
...repairman turned down Brown's call for help. "We'd be glad to come out.'' he explained. "But those kids out there can fix them." The students now maintain all the school's equipment, have in stalled an intercom system and a special burglar alarm in the boys' washroom to keep young vandals from breaking the ceiling tiles. But more important than any of their projects is the enthusiasm the program has aroused. The students have requested so many scientific books from the University of Florida library that the university...