Word: alarmingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Foreign alarm reached such a pitch that Secretary of State Hull had to explain the President's motives to each country, elaborately denying that the U. S. had, gone off gold to gain a diplomatic advantage in the forthcoming economic discussions. But no one denied that the U. S. had. in fact, gained an enormous advantage...
...Dravosburg, Pa., Fire Chief Charles Thomas got drunk, turned in a false alarm, said to the judge, "Well, it was a swell night for a fire drill," was fined...
...deafening that it is hard to tell when one of them is really in earnest. Consequently, in those blue moons when they have something to shout about, a sharp-toothed masterpiece may slip undetected into the gentle reader's fold, cause much silent havoc before the alarm is given. Though Publisher Dutton has sounded no extra-special warning, Solal is such a masterpiece-in-sheep's-clothing. Wolf would be a misnomer: nothing so leonine has come down the pike in many a blue moon...
...were arrested (up from 38,959 to 39,186), though fewer of them had committed crimes of violence. Peak of the crime age lay between 26 and 30. Though there were eleven fewer than 1931's 489 murders and manslaughters, the Commissioner viewed with grave alarm the public's continued indifference and refusal to cooperate in bringing killers to justice...
Friday evening Citizen Hoover had a moment of alarm when he was told of the California earthquake. He telephoned Pasadena, learned that his wife and Herbert Jr. were safe...