Word: alarmism
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...like drunkenness, theft and drug smuggling. Police rarely had occasion to flip on their sirens, much less draw their guns. If they sought someone for arrest, they did so discreetly, using family and tribal ties to track down a person rather than put out a wanted poster, which might alarm the public and scandalize the suspect's clan...
...wife of 15 years. The two were separated and battling over custody of their adopted Ukrainian twins, Alexa and Gregory, 11. At the time of the murder, Generosa was dating Pelosi, whom she met when he helped renovate her Manhattan town house. Pelosi had also installed an elaborate alarm system in the Ammons' East Hampton home that failed to go off the night of the murder...
...These figures should set alarm bells ringing in ministries of health across the developed and developing world," says Tim Lobstein, co-editor of a forthcoming report to the World Health Organization on childhood obesity. And with good reason: people who are obese as children have a high risk of becoming obese adults--meaning they will have a much higher risk than their slender counterparts of contracting a broad range of debilitating diseases, including heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and cancer. The surge of obesity among children, in short, presages a global explosion of illnesses that will drain economies, create enormous suffering...
Here's how it works: when the first drop of urine hits a sensor in the child's underwear, the Malem Bedwetting Alarm erupts with a noise like a toy laser gun--loud enough to stop the flow but familiar enough not to frighten. At least that's the theory. Such bells and whistles do work better than medications, says Renee Mercer, author of the upcoming book Seven Steps to Nighttime Dryness. But they concern child expert Dr. T. Berry Brazelton. "They're punitive and can make children feel helpless," he says. --By Kristin Kloberdanz
CAMBRIDGE—Last Sunday morning, my alarm went off at 8 a.m. Without thinking twice, I sprang out of bed, turned the alarm off and plugged in the electric kettle to make instant coffee. In five minutes, I was (slightly) buzzed, a little disoriented and very excited. Was this momentary insanity, or even the result of a bad nightmare...