Word: alarmism
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...windows and saw the debris falling, and sheets of white building material, and then something else. "There was a body. It looked like a man's body, a full-size man." The features were indistinguishable as it fell: the body was black, apparently charred. Someone pulled an emergency alarm switch, but nothing happened. Someone else broke into the emergency phone, but it was dead. People began to say their prayers...
...windows and saw the debris falling, and sheets of white building material, and then something else. "There was a body. It looked like a man's body, a full-size man." The features were indistinguishable as it fell: the body was black, apparently charred. Someone pulled an emergency alarm switch, but nothing happened. Someone else broke into the emergency phone, but it was dead. People began to say their prayers...
...bathtub, good news and bad news have always been in the ear of the beholder. Traditionally, bad economic news for Main Street is celebrated by Wall Street - it means the Fed is more likely to cut rates - while a favorable economic report can be cause for investor alarm, portending monetary tightening down the road...
...Fundamentally, Israel's unity government is built on a basic consensus over forceful responses to Palestinian attacks. But day-to-day tactics do not a strategy make, and Sharon's strategic vision may alarm those Labor politicians who believe Israel's future depends on a comprehensive peace. Sharon considers that belief na?ve and dangerous, and has made no secret of the fact that the deals offered by Ehud Barak are null and void...
Think of yourself flying across the country. An engine starts sputtering; cause for alarm, sure, but the pilot does that folksy number--"Aw, shucks, little problem here"--and assures you the others can take the strain. Then a second engine goes out; the sweat trickles down your neck, but you reckon you'll make it to the ground safely. But if the third, and then the fourth, flame...