Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Employees at the Center, one of whom suffered bruises from being battered against a desk, said that they made at least four calls to the police and pressed an alarm button between 4:40 p.m. and 4:55 p.m., at which time they said police arrived...
...employees, one of whom suffered bruises from being battered against a desk, said that they made at least five calls to the police and pressed an alarm button between 4:40 p.m. and 4:55 p.m., when police arrived...
...FAILING to enter the situation at the outset as he characteristically has attempted to do in times of crisis, it appears Kissinger lost whatever initiative and leverage his reputation could have brought to the cause. All along Kissinger showed no sign of alarm or awareness to the potential dangers the situation posed in Cyprus--highly uncharacteristic of the meticulous and generally extremely foresighted professor. While Kissinger appeared willing to aid the Greek junta, he didn't even make a move to ease the Turkish invasion of Cyprus once the new Greek government was installed. For some reason, the repressive Greek...
...other social issues, Ford's views seem inconsistent. For instance, he has favored broader use of wiretaps against citizens suspected of serious crimes, and was an early supporter of the federal "no-knock" law; yet he has also spoken out for the protection of individual privacy and expressed alarm about the creation of a comprehensive federal data bank. Ford voted for all the important pieces of environmental legislation, but holds that many federal environmental standards for industry should be eased...
...result of such irritations, Turks reacted with delight rather than alarm at the sight of war preparations. People cheered as ships, carrying equipment obviously designed for amphibious operations, gathered in the Turkish port of Mersin. Antiaircraft guns were hauled to Qankaya, one of the tallest hills in the capital, to protect the presidential palace. Blackouts were ordered for Ankara and other cities...