Word: alarmism
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Clara H. Shen ’02, who is also a Crimson editor, was in the shower when she heard the alarm...
Barely two weeks after Washington sounded a similarly opaque alarm based on nonspecific information, no one seemed to have a good answer. Just as we were getting used to what the Bush Administration is calling the "new normalcy," civilians and law enforcement alike braced for what they feared might be another horrifying strike on the home front. Before, they had trained watchful eyes on the weapon of the week, from crop dusters to haz-mat trucks; cops and civilians now had to view anything and everything with suspicion. The new normalcy was being redefined every minute...
...Master Lino Pertile said he tried to go down to the grille after he heard the alarm, but the smoke was too thick...
Since Preidis and his friend did not see any smoke, he said they went back to their rooms, only to hear the fire alarm about 30 minutes later...
...Talk about extending the anti-terror war to Iraq (as Bush administration officials have been doing in recent weeks) and skepticism turns quickly to alarm, not only among the usual suspects of the Non-Aligned Movement, but even among America's most gung-ho allies. Even Britain has insisted all along that Iraq will not be attacked unless there is evidence linking it to terrorism - and the Brits have been careful to add that they've seen no evidence yet of any such link...