Word: alarmism
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...alarm bell Isaacson's article should have rung is why no one seems to expect the participation of the nation's mathematicians or their two professional societies in the construction of national mathematics standards for K-12. No other nation would dream of developing national mathematics standards without a sign-off by the country's mathematics community. Perhaps this exclusion of mathematicians is one reason children in the U.S. do not do as well on the international scene in mathematics as we would like them to. As a former official at the Massachusetts Department of Education, I will tell...
...same time, health officials have been quick to stave off unnecessary panic. "This is obviously a cause for concern," said President Barack Obama in a speech to the National Academy of Sciences on Monday morning. "But it's not a cause for alarm." That message was echoed by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, the lead federal official on swine flu, as well as WHO officials and just about every other official connected to the global flu response who spoke to the public on Monday...
...poor southern Mexican state of Oaxaca who died on April 13, Health Secretary Jose Córdova conceded that Edgar Hernandez, a four-year-old boy, who survived a bout of flu in February and March, had actually had the virus, as tests have now shown. Local authorities had raised alarm bells about a potent outbreak of flu in the boy's village, La Gloria, but the federal government had not reported the development to the World Health Organization. Officials considered the child's illness "normal," having occurred during the flu season...
...authored the 1991 law behind the current rumpus - lamented the "ridiculous" efforts to erase signs of the very real smoking habits Tati and Chanel had in their lifetimes. Asked by reporters if she supported Métrobus' application of the law, current Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot replied in alarm, "Ah non, I'm not for taking Jacques Tati's pipe away from...
...fall of Buner is raising international alarm. Speaking before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton characterized the situation was a danger to Pakistan, the U.S. and the world. "We cannot underscore the seriousness of the existential threat posed to the state of Pakistan by continuing advances, now within hours of Islamabad, that are being made by a loosely confederated group of terrorists and others who are seeking the overthrow of the Pakistani state," Clinton said. She also accused Pakistan's leaders of "basically abdicating to the Taliban and the extremists" by signing...