Word: alarmism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...programs, I felt with more and more travel going on around the university, this was something that would supplement the insurance already in place,” Ross said. Harvard travelers will be given an SOS membership card with telephone numbers of the three major worldwide International SOS Alarm Centers. All University students, faculty, and staff are eligible to receive the benefits of SOS, regardless of the school with which they are affiliated. RMAS has been meeting with each school to publicize the program to students and employees. “We’re working with [the Faculty...
...noise was also the last thing some residents wanted. Since they arrived in September, these River denizens have had to endure the unceasing cacophony of construction outside their windows, starting at 7:30 a.m. each morning, and cranes carrying houses did not help. “I set my alarm for 8 a.m., but instead of being awoken by the pleasant sound of the radio, I heard the beeps from the truck backing up,” said Kathy I. Cheng ’07, who lives on the third floor of Leverett G Tower. Some Leverett residents placed bets...
...observed carefully for quite some time. And further, those implications may in many regards be overwhelmingly positive. But lest we cave in some sense to the demands of the ever-growing Facebook group which proposes the California Relocation of Harvard University, we ought to recognize that despite how irritating alarm clocks might seem, and despite how unappealing the blustery walk to Maxwell Dworkin might be, there really is something to the buildings and people that make Harvard what it is. And whatever that something is, it seems there’s a pretty good chance it doesn?...
...local university, just like dad. After the assassination, though, he has advised his son to go north to university - and stay there afterward. "I can't delude myself anymore," says Macri. But the departing steps of honest folk are music to the ears of 'Ndrangheta - and a blaring alarm to the rest of Italy...
...this makes for a potent mix, especially when filtered through the Internet, where health-safety concerns tend to get amplified. Much of the opposition to the fluoridation initiative in Bellingham comes from people like Lane Weaver, a fire-alarm technician, and his wife Danelle, a housewife and mother of two. When they first heard about the issue this summer, the Weavers Googled the word fluoridation. Nine of the first 10 items that came up were decidedly antifluoride. "I was horrified," says Danelle. "Why would I want to put a toxic industrial chemical in my children's bodies?" She joined Citizens...