Word: alarmism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Adoption of the professional code might well meet with the approval of some of the larger colleges, but it seems pretty certain that the smaller college teams would view such action with alarm. As a matter of fact, Joe Stubbs, Harvard mentor, has repeatedly come out against the adoption of pro regulations. The fast pace made possible by forward passing would be a considerable drain on the stamina of the college skaters; even the seasoned and hardened professionals have found it necessary to use three forward lines to maintain the speedy clip. Of course the amateur twelve player rule would...
...were not particularly pleased. They obey by instinct Explorer Stefansson's rule: A people react with pleasure to a new food in proportion as they have been accustomed to a varied diet. Accustomed to an unvarying fish, smoked mutton, cheese and potato diet the Icelanders view green vegetables with alarm. They delight, however, in repeating that "Proportional to the number of Icelanders our Reykjavik is the largest capital city in the world!" By this they mean that one quarter of the population is concentrated in Reykjavik, whereas only 1/217 of all U. S. citizens live in Washington...
...CONDITION ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY NOTHING TO ALARM YOURSELF GREETINGS P. ORTIZ RUBIO...
...year, the A. S. P. C. A. examined 109,438 horses, to make sure that they were not lame, sore, unfed, overloaded, raced, abused or neglected. Horses and dogs are the main concern of the Society, though it views with alarm any neglect or abuse of cats, mistreatment of fowl, cruelty to performing monkeys, the improper caging of trained bears, failure to water circus lions, the skinning alive of rabbits. Its active members are apt to be businessmen, lawyers, smart sporting people, animal fanciers. Its president is Frank K. Sturgis. Onetime president of the National Horse Show, onetime president...
...alarm with which sane citizens regard the breaking down of even theoretical vestiges of intelligent punishment and permanent reform in American prisons tells the story. Professor Glueck points the moral. A judicious application of his theories to the faltering reformatory system would not be too far amiss...