Word: alarmism
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...sleek-looking Nike watch doubles as a heart-rate monitor. Strap its elastic chest transmitter (not shown) around your torso, and the fun begins. You can program it to graph your pulse and heart rate with each grueling lap (up to 100 laps), and it will even sound an alarm if it thinks you're overdoing it. Easy there, Flash. www.niketown.com...
...panelists said they were particularly frustrated with vague alerts of potential terrorist activity issued by the federal government. A recent false alarm predicting terrorist activity in Boston “froze the city” for several days, Menino said...
Last Sunday night as I sat in my room typing the next installment of my column, thinking of how dull the Harvard campus has been recently, I was interrupted by the piercing sound of my fire alarm. Cursing the now-routine recent barrage of fire drills, I grabbed my coat and rushed downstairs into the courtyard. Only this time, to my delight, the distinct smell of acrid smoke greeted my nostrils upon exiting the building...
...seeing any smoke, Preidis and his friend went back to their rooms, only to hear the fire alarm about 30 minutes later...