Word: alarmism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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More than 1000 firemen fought a persistent general alarm fire which destroyed a deserted seven-story Swift & Co. meat-packing plant in the Lechmere Square area yesterday...
...visual items that are important to a frog's wellbeing. When a cloud drifts slowly over the sun, a frog's eyes do not bother the brain with the meaningless event. But when a bird swoops down, suddenly darkening the sky, special cells in the eyes cry alarm, and the frog plops hastily into the water. Other eye cells report the presence of the small moving objects that usually turn out to be insects-but only when the insects are close enough for the frog to have a chance of catching them. If they...
...vacation when the Queen sailed on its last voyage, testified that leaks occurred regularly in spaces beneath and at the sides of the four big sulphur tanks. Recurring fires in those places had become so commonplace that the ship's officers even gave up sounding the fire alarm. Emitting a gaseous, rotten-egg stink, the fires burned on and on. When the flames were extinguished, the sulphur cooled, hardened, and caked at the ship's pumps, corroded electrical equipment, and on at least one occasion shorted out the main generator...
...Curtis Prout said that the number of flu cases entering the Health Center has been declining steadily, and that the presence of Asian flu should not cause alarm...
...like plastic mesh that drains away any leakage. The idea is to let him thrash about, play better and develop faster. Pop saves on baby clothes, and with less lifting, laundry and bathing, Mother's work is ever done. If all systems are not go, a battery-powered alarm buzzes loud and clear...