Word: alarming
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...they drag along in the grownups' wake). Bilal is not idealized (his generosity is balanced--or maybe one should say unbalanced--by his impetuosity), and neither is Julia. Caring and good-natured though she is, we can't help being disturbed by the fact that all her motherly alarm bells seem to be disabled...
WAKE UP, LAZYBONES Tired of waking up to an irritating alarm clock or even more irritating talk radio? Jazz up your morning routine with a wake-up horoscope, inspirational saying or your own good-morning message instead. mrwakeup.com offers a free hotel-style call service that gives you the time, weather and choice of greeting. For custom messages, just type in a brief sentence to be read aloud in a synthesized voice. Then select the time and date, enter your phone number and wait for the call. The catch? You have to listen to an ad first thing...
...happened like this. Just after 7 a.m. on the last Friday of March, a file called "Passcodes 3-26-99" appeared on alt.sex. On the surface, it seemed to be nothing more than a list of passwords for porn sites. But within hours, alarm bells began to ring. An automatic virus detector spotted Melissa, noting that she entered via e-mail from skyroket@aol.com The FBI enlisted America Online techies and scrambled their cybersabotage squads. Meanwhile, patrons of alt.comp.virus a newsgroup where virus writers and hunters hang out, morphed into virtual Baker Street irregulars...
...center" and has invited Russian officials to join them in mid-December at a scaled-down command post. If computer screens in Russia go dark or mistakenly signal a U.S. missile launch, their team here can flash the word home over a hot line that it's a false alarm before someone over there hits the attack buttons. The Russians, especially in light of Kosovo, have been cool to the proposal, but NORAD intends to go ahead and build the facility, which could be shared with other countries. "If they get interested months from now, we want to be ready...
...center? and has invited Russian officials to join them in mid-December at a scaled-down command post. If computer screens in Russia go dark or mistakenly signal a U.S. missile launch, their team here can flash the word home over a hot line that it?s a false alarm before someone over there hits the attack button. The Russians, especially in light of Kosovo, have been cool to the proposal, but NORAD intends to go ahead and build the facility, which could be shared with other countries. ?If they get interested months from now, we want to be ready...