Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...decided not to put her four-month-old son in the new irs day-care center. Even for herself, working in a federal office building suddenly seemed like a risky proposition. But as the morning went on, she managed to put those thoughts out of her mind. Then the alarm went...
...windowless basement office, she heard the abrupt clanging of the building's fire alarm and a message on the public-address system to evacuate. This was not a drill. "People were running everywhere," says Critney. "I wondered if this was connected to the Oklahoma bombing. All I could think of was my two sons. What would they do without their mother?" After she and her co-workers rushed out of the building, they learned that the emergency was not a fire but a bomb threat. That was when it occurred to Critney that she might not be any safer outside...
...right on [Ideas, April 10]. I seriously doubt that Howard wanted to dig too deep into the facts behind his sketchy anecdotes about regulatory mischief. He is working squarely in the tradition of other zealots who promulgate such tales to support their antigovernment agenda. Environmentalists have been sounding the alarm about such so-called horror stories for years, but tragically, these spurious accounts are being recycled into policymaking, and in some cases the falsehoods are retold even after the truth is known. Thank you for blowing...
...alarm goes off...I want to sleep. OK, OK Reenie, get up. It is imperative that you uncover this mystery. I call my sidekick and photographer, Secret Agent Koichi...
...only one could consistently re-enter an interrupted dream (complete with dream date) despite a falling green toilet, persistent household pet and ringing alarm clock as "Sleepy Guy" does...