Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...labor chieftains at the elegant resort town of Bal Harbour, Fla. When he was through, Meany had displayed his consummate mastery of the labor movement and strengthened his position as perhaps the most caustic and telling critic of President Ford's economic policies. Pointing a stubby finger of alarm, Meany warned that unless someone did something and did it fast, the American nation could once again experience what he referred to-and vividly remembered-as the "Great Depression...
...Corots. The thieves, said Director Mercedes Garberi, "displayed a very refined taste." Giovanni Spadolini, Italy's Minister of the Cultural Patrimony, was already in shock from the theft of two Piero della Francescas and a Raphael from Urbino twelve days before. Said he: "This theft sounds an ultimate alarm against the state of neglect and abandon in which both the national and local museums of this country find themselves...
...crucial bell that did not sound, however, was the museum's own. Although five guards were in the building during the theft, they had turned off the museum's electronic alarm system for fear it would disturb their sleep...
...pianist had just played a smooth, neatly-groomed transition from a Schubert style sonatina to "Maple Leaf Rag," and a light bulb above my head flickered, and dimmed to about half. This was his signal in start the show. A cheap alarm clock was quickly adjusted and wound to keep taos off the length of the performance, and actress Lina Harvey dashed on some eyeliner. Jack Blessing mumbled about needing to hop to the John and everyone spread "Syntax" and kisses around for good luck. In a few seconds they all darted off onto the stage to begin the show...
...tour, even though he joined Hussein in demanding the return of East Jerusalem to Arab control. "We know the Shah," explained one Israeli government spokesman. "We do not pay attention to what he says but what he does, and what he does has given us no cause for alarm." Actually the Shah was trying to improve Iran's relations with the Arabs, who worry about his military domination of the Persian Gulf and are unhappy about his continuing border battles with Iraq, a staunch ally of Syria. In both Amman and Cairo, the Shah offered aid to his hosts...