Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...earlier televangelist, Fulton Sheen, was). That breathy and winking chuckle we heard, debate after debate, did not constitute a last laugh by any means. But we are going to suffer that chuckle's soft abrasions for a long time -- for as long as we remain deaf to the alarm bells it responds...
...rights issue went through my mind," admits one shopper, who went ahead and bought a $15,000 mink. "But if it really bothered me, I would be a vegetarian." An economic downturn, retailers fear, might do more to depress the market. But so far, there seems little cause for alarm. As Vujosevic says about her priorities as she searches for her blue fox: "It was either going to be a coat or a co-op." No contest there...
Chin said she and her husband have ordered a new alarm system, but it had not yet been installed when the break-in took place. They said they also hope a community watch and increased Cambridge Police patrols will deter future robbers...
Among the questions the investigation has raised thus far is why the club's fire alarm system was not on when the fire occurred, Majewski said...
...officials are also sounding the alarm. "In terms of organization, we are better equipped this time," says Peter Newhouse, a senior FAO economist. "But if donation decisions are not made immediately, and it's not raining in Ethiopia by March, then we are in trouble. We will move from a disaster to a catastrophe...