Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...before, Feb. 7, Thayer had been evacuated at 11 p.m. after a resident, Jason R. Stevenson '00, pulled a fire alarm...
...Atlantic City, a pair of F-16s buzzed a Nations Air 727 at 28,000 ft. as it flew from Puerto Rico to New York City's J.F.K. airport. Although the airliner's pilot did not see either F-16 (he learned of their stealthy approach via the blaring alarm of his onboard collision-avoidance system), one of the jets (flown by a male pilot) apparently hugged the airliner's tail for two minutes, while his female partner loitered farther away. Among the 84 people onboard, two flight attendants and a passenger were slightly hurt when they were thrown...
...September in Suite 205 of the Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel, just across the street from the Santa Monica, California, courthouse where the trial would be held. The plaintiffs' attorneys had heard tales of "defense shenanigans" during the criminal case, so their first step was to install a complex alarm system that would guard against breaches in security. A motion detector was activated every time the room was locked, and there were separate deadbolt locks on the back room that housed a computer linked to a mainframe at Petrocelli's office at Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp. The back room had an important...
President's Day is almost here again, and across campus the preparations have begun in earnest. Skis are being waxed, alarm clocks are being disarmed and reduced library hours are being lamented by pre-meds. Seniors awaiting rejection letters can relax as there will be no mail delivery. Washers and dryers will be packed with the soiled garments of those who have finally found the time to launder their wardrobe for the first time since the beginning of reading period. And somewhere, a handful of history buffs and patriots will celebrate the respective lives of Lincoln and Washington...
...proceeds of the auction will go to Corinne Terrell, a 15-year Dining Services veteran whose Upton Street apartment complex was destroyed by an eight-alarm blaze...