Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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McAnaney said that she and her friends set atimer and an alarm to go off at the beginning ofWylie's performance so that they would not missthe start of the competition...
...They didn't pull the lever because it was such a small fire," he said. "If you had a fire in your wastepaper basket, would you pull the fire alarm or would...
Despite the American alarm and anti-Japanese sentiment, a strain of ambivalence and self-criticism runs through American opinion. For one thing, anti-Japanese gestures can be very complicated in the new world. In Valley Stream, N.Y., Steve Verga sells Hondas, about 450,000 of which are now made in the U.S. annually. "When customers ask us, 'Where was this car made?' " says Verga, "we say, 'In Ohio, by American workers...
According to De Gennaro, the University isconsidering implementing a plan next year thatwould issue picture IDs to all authorizedindividuals and would install a book-theft alarm...
...effort to stay afloat. Meanwhile, expenses are rising. A declining pool of 18-year-olds has forced schools into a pricey competition for students. The cost of high-tech equipment and high-profile professors continues to grow, along with such expenses as medical insurance. The cutbacks are causing alarm among faculty members and a furor among students, who are worried that schools will be unable to deliver on the educational promises made in their glossy catalogs...