Word: alarmism
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...When his security detail failed to make contact, the guerrillas started calling down the chain of Maskhadov's liaison agents. Using some of his many nicknames - including one, Big Ears, that he disliked intensely - they asked if anyone had sighted Maskhadov. Nobody had, but this didn't cause major alarm. Rumors had been flying among the guerrillas that some sort of secret negotiations with Moscow were about to take place, and they assumed he had slipped away for something connected to that. Earlier this month, though, they learned that the Russians had captured one of Maskhadov's liaison agents...
When a fire alarm went off, interrupting the discussion, and the building had to be evacuated, one student quipped, “It’s those Republicans...
...University Dining Services (HUDS) reevaluate campus dining hours. I, for one, have no use for breakfast at 7 a.m., when the dining halls first open every morning. In fact, I join scores of students who often miss breakfast altogether, as the 10 a.m. closing frequently arrives before my morning alarm...
...crayons before worship started and chatted with them about school. Convivial, if not very gregarious, he liked to hear other members' fishing stories. In almost every way, Rader seemed to live by the book. He was persnickety, but this had its upside. As an installation manager at the ADT alarm company in the 1980s, Rader drew incredibly intricate, accurate layouts of security systems and homes--not unlike the crime-scene diagrams sketched by BTK and sent to the media. "His attention to detail was flawless," says ADT co-worker Mike Tavares. "Anyone who didn't know a thing about...
According to Bicknell, the alarm first went off when the ball hit the sprinkler, and the second alarm went off automatically due to the increase in the amount of water coming through the sprinkler system...