Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...small from the burning mattress alerted people on the floor who sounded the entry fire alarm. A. Mark Mazer '69. one of the occupants of the room, came out of the adjoining suite to sce smoke pouring from under his door...
Although he is on a Jim-and-Hank basis with Pike, amiable, Buffalo-born Louttit is an orthodox Anglo-Catholic who has long viewed with alarm Pike's freewheeling theology. Shortly after Pike resigned last month, Louttit circulated a petition requesting that Pike be brought before an ecclesiastical court on charges of heresy, violation of his ordination vows and conduct unbecoming a clergyman. So far, at least 30 other bishops have endorsed the request, which declares that Pike's denial of the Trinity, the physical Resurrection of Christ and other doctrines represents a clear violation of his Episcopal...
Never Such an Alarm. Once he became a full-fledged convert to the G.O.P., Reagan was eaeerly embraced by the party's conservative wing. They suggested that he launch a primary campaign to knock off Republican Moderate Tom Kuchel in 1962. Reagan said no but then backed Right-Winger Wright. He also turned down a suggestion that he take on Pat Brown for Governor that year. "I said that I would do everything short of running, that I would be a Paul Revere for other people." Never did Reagan sound the alarm so loudly...
...shadowy figure bent over Valerie's bed. The intruder instantly straightened up, whirled about and transfixed Loraine Percy in the blinding glare of a powerful flashlight. Screaming, she ran back to the master bedroom, where she punched a wall button that set off a rooftop burglar-alarm siren...
Passionate Conviction. Down in In dependence, Mo., Harry Truman, 82 years old, waning in strength but still attentive to the nation's problems, watched the situation with growing alarm. A lifelong "easy money" man, Truman recalled his bitter struggle with the Federal Reserve Board to keep interest rates down during the Korean War. Moreover, he believes with a conviction bordering on passion that Government bonds, as the symbol of Washington's good faith, should never be allowed to sell under par-and he saw them plummeting far below par as investors sought higher interest rates elsewhere. When major...