Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cries of alarm seemed justified. Sources close to the investigation, conducted jointly by the FBI and the Naval Investigative Service, predicted that at least 100 people will be indicted within the next 90 days. Among the suspects are past and present Pentagon officials, as well as industry employees and consultants who allegedly paid bribes for inside information that gave companies an unfair advantage in bidding for contracts. Two Democratic Congressmen or their staffs are also under scrutiny. Eventually, Operation Ill Wind may rank as one of the biggest federal white-collar crime cases ever prosecuted...
That teachers decide what books should be read in class once failed to alarm. It was understood that teachers, because of their accomplishments, had a claim to make choices which the uninitiated, by definition, lacked...
...bees has reached frenzied proportions. Local television stations have been running tapes from crews dispatched to Central America, showing ferocious swarms attacking researchers and news crews. Mosquito eradication units have been readied with special gear to wipe out the expected insect intruders. Several times a week, Houstonians sound the alarm, phoning pest-control agencies with the urgent and disquieting news: "They're here...
...inhaled, it takes only seven to ten seconds to reach the brain -- twice as fast as intravenous drugs and three times faster than alcohol. Once there, it mimics some of the actions of adrenaline, a hormone, and acetylcholine, a powerful neurotransmitter that touches off the brain's alarm system, among other things. After a few puffs, the level of nicotine in the blood skyrockets, the heart beats faster and blood pressure increases. Result: smokers become more alert and may actually even think faster. In addition, nicotine may produce a calming effect by triggering the release of natural opiates called beta...
...agency said Captain John Maus and First Officer David Dodds skipped critical parts of their preflight routine and neglected to set the wing flaps to provide enough lift for takeoff. But the Air Line Pilots Association argued that the board gave insufficient weight to the fact that the alarm system on the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 failed to warn the crew that the flaps were not in position. Said Allison Maus, the captain's widow: "It's easy to blame it on the dead guys...