Word: alarmism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ramshackle remnants of a wartime housing project that has already served a generation of veterans. The hard lines of dreary shacks, linked to each other by lengths of clothesline, are softened by trim lawns and swarms of children. At 6:30 every morning, Lisa Anne doubles as an alarm clock, Jackie gets breakfast, and Len rushes to get ready for classes. Afternoons he spends on the practice field; evenings, he tries to find energy to study...
...certainly looks like a solid job of carpentry to a layman," Watson said, but there are places which need reinforcements." Even if fire inspectors approve the construction--with the added racing--new wiring and extension of the fire alarm system will still be needed, the Dean added...
...time, the University conducted its own inspection of the building and provided the necessary $1500 for a fire alarm system...
...range. The audience gasped at the piercing sound (which Conductor Fausto Cleva had specifically outlawed during rehearsals), and the critics scolded. Wrote the Examiner's Alexander Fried: "Startling is the word for the tone . . . It was so loud and impetuous that it sounded more like a cry of alarm than a musical tone." Nevertheless, Mado Robin scored a popular success when she sang Lucia last week, and mollified critics agreed that her performance was both appealing and commanding...
...Coop spokesman also said that the in going door is wired with a burglar alarm to ring when anyone goes out through...