Word: alarmism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rise was viewed without alarm by the nation's bankers. The A.B.A. found that the increase has not brought any decided boost in interest rates since June. Even though the prime rate on business loans has been raised to 5%, most banks said that they were keeping installment rates at about the same levels as early in the year. The Chase Manhattan Bank, in its bimonthly letter, also saw no danger in the increase in installment loans. Although the rate of installment credit is growing faster than in 1955, said the Chase Bank, consumer income is now larger. Despite...
According to fireman John Lally, the conflagration was caused by a cigar butt left on the sofa. David N. Owen '61, a neighbor of the damaged suite, said he had smelled smoke for half an hour before turning in the alarm, but his roommates convinced him "it was only stale pretzels." Occupants of the I-43 suite were absent at the time...
...crew of firemen and often a fire engine at every contest. During the spring of 1903, only the quick thinking of an usher avoided disaster when a section of the grandstand caught fire during a baseball game. The heroic usher restrained a panicked spectator from spreading the alarm through the packed stands...
Fifteen minutes later he was asleep; and some how the alarm didn't ring until 10:15 the next morning...
...spends an annual $785 in the barbershop and has an ex-wife (Lilli Palmer) who hovers about to protect her alimony, always remembering the anniversary of their divorce; she once gave him a hot-water bottle that snored. At 56, age is closing in. He wears a wrist alarm clock; when it goes off, it is time to take his pills...