Word: alarmism
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...years since the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia has been transformed; it's now much richer, more democratic and infinitely more open than it was. But, to the alarm of many Russians and some in the West, the old fear is returning. It is fueled by such things as the lists of targeted Russian activists that circulate on the websites of shadowy ultranationalist groups, and also by recent measures taken by the Putin administration, including a squeeze on the independent press and new laws that could be used to silence opposition voices. "There may no longer be shortages of groceries...
...Loeb University professor at Harvard, was scheduled to judge the moot court but had to leave upon notice that his dog, Chloe, had been found “shaking like a leaf” on the streets. The traumatized Chloe had fled the sound of a fire alarm in Tribe’s house, jumped a fence, and raced down Brattle Street, where a passerby waited with her while Tribe dashed the mile to the rescue...
...sweeping rhythms of “Since U Been Gone.” Others were, apparently, engaging in late night “study” sessions. Most were either sleeping or in bed. But for everyone involved, the news was not welcome. It was a fire alarm. In dazed, disorganized columns, hundreds of students made their way down the stairs, across the courtyard, and out through the main breezeway. With the vast majority dressed either for sleep or the overzealous Eliot heating system, the cold, frustrated evacuees began huddling together for warmth. In pods of three or four, they...
...million last year. The lack of cooperation extends to matters of public health, too. When authorities in northern Cyprus announced last year that they had identified a case of avian flu, Greek Cypriot authorities refused to acknowledge the warning and accused Turkish Cypriot authorities of trying to spread alarm and discourage tourism. Meanwhile, officials continue to bicker over cases like the Guzelyurtlu murder. "We won't recognize the [Turkish Cypriot] courts because that would mean recognizing the government," says Attorney General Clerides. For his part, a senior Turkish Cypriot official told Time that the northern authorities have no intention...
...risk-reduction strategies” that currently exist for SIDS, including having children sleep on their back, said David S. Paterson of Children’s Hospital Boston and a co-author of the study. “The brain stem works as an alarm, a kind of control and integration center, for determining physiological changes in the body... if the system is defective and you’re lying face down, you will die,” he added. Cathy Spong, chief of the pregnancy and perinatology branch at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD...