Word: alarmism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...about discussing the slight and what it portends for Iran's current confrontation with the United States. For a people prone to conspiracy logic, the box office success of 300, compared with the relative flop of Alexander (another spurious period epic dealing with Persians) is cause for considerable alarm, signaling ominous U.S. intentions...
Imagine yourself transported to a new world. There are no boring lectures, tedious roommates, or assigned readings. There is only peril. You can gain worldwide renown for performing feats with just the movement of your fingers. Time invested provides direct and measurable rewards. And then, your alarm goes off, shattering the fantasy world that you have lived and played for the past night. It’s time for that brutal morning lecture. You now face an important decision: Spend the next few hours in utter misery, or skip class and continue with the life you have come to love...
...Club hard drives and wreak havoc. Rather, the term “hack” at MIT refers to any sly, intricately planned prank committed by a group of students on campus; this particular group of students were caught after slinking around the Faculty Room and setting off an alarm. Although it is unclear exactly what the students intended to accomplish, they apparently pried off a wall panel and exposed a crawl space...
...small electrical fire in the server room of the Science Center caused an evacuation of the building and a shutdown of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) servers last Friday. At approximately 4:05 p.m., a fire alarm went off in the Science Center, and the building was quickly evacuated. Electrical power was cut to the server room after an electrical short circuit caused a fire in the power supply unit, FAS Computer Services spokeswoman Elizabeth Hess said in a statement sent via e-mail. Hess could not be reached for comment over the weekend. The fire caused disruption...
Since early 2000, economists have been sounding the housing bubble alarm with increasing urgency. And while many markets around the country have seen prices drop in the last year, the dire, across-the-board correction that many predicted has yet to materialize...