Word: alarmism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...they have been working with current seismic records as well. Their computer programs home in on small quakes that occur in temporal and spatial proximity, linking up in a mathematically defined chain. Only when a chain is preceded by longer-term precursory patterns does the group issue an earthquake alarm. But it will take a long, sustained effort, Keilis-Borok concedes, before he or anyone else can claim to have cracked the puzzle. --By J. Madeleine Nash
...least a few students from the area, the reawakening of a volcano that has been dormant for their entire lives was not a cause for alarm...
That kind of spending, however, allows for some items that are not exactly course requirements. For instance, freshman Jackelyn Burgos, also at Ohio Northern, paid $11 for a Hello Kitty sleep mask, which matches her new bedding, towels, pajamas, alarm clock, night light, TV, coffeepot and other Hello Kitty accessories. All told, it was goodbye $1,500. Deirdre Schwiring and her mother spent $1,400 on everything from ramie curtains to a futon to a flat-screen TV for the junior's 6-ft. by 14-ft. dorm room at the University of Miami, all because last year's color...
...down Alaska's coast, alarm is spreading that the natural bounty on which the culture is built is at risk. At Point Hope, a bowhead-whaling village that dates from 600 B.C., flooding seawater threatens the airport runway and a seven-mile evacuation road. "During storms, people begin to panic," says town official Rex Rock. In the Pribilof Islands, villagers blame global warming along with industrial contaminants for the decline of 20 species, ranging from kelp to sea lion. In Barrow, capital of the oil-rich North Slope Borough, sandbags and dredging haven't protected $500 million in infrastructure...
Anger: a strong feeling of displeasure or hostility. During this second stage, the student grows intensely hostile towards those around him. With my alarm still ringing, my roommate—who lives in the common room—begins banging on the door. Is he kidding me? Why the hell is he so inconsiderate? I’ll admit the alarm is going off, but I’m not going to let him control me and force me out of my bed. I won’t give him the power. Crap. I have to pee. I smack...