Word: alarmism
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...always had this heart condition,” Balcetis explains. Realizing how shocking this can sound, he hurriedly adds, “first of all, it’s really nothing serious. I don’t want to alarm anyone.” He had ignored the condition for years but the transition to college prompted another chance to consider his options.“The reason I chose Harvard was because I wasn’t really sure how far I could go with basketball when I got into college,” he says...
...never did get to try out the couch, showcased in The Living Daylights, that swallowed up anyone who sat on it. The spy also managed without the telephone box equipped with air bags able to crush anyone inside it. And we never heard a sound out of the exploding alarm clock - "guaranteed," Q said in License to Kill, "never to wake up anyone who uses it." But it was the thinking behind all those cool gadgets that counts...
...wasn’t in the folder! This wasn’t in the folder! How can I complete my group of multi-ethnic friends as seen in the admissions brochure? I head to the back. Look at that statue. John Adams! My favorite. A closer look...Shit! The alarm! Run, just run. They might rescind my admission—or hurt my chances of enrolling in Freshman Seminar 34[1/2]x: “Chastity in an Age of Cyber Warfare...
...Tape over your fire alarm. You stupid stupid stupids. The first time you get caught smoking you get a warning. The first time you get caught with your fire alarm taped over, you go to the ad board. Think about...
...have to slow down or risk being blown up. Then they'll bring out their ladders, climb onto your deck, guns in hand, and it's all over in seven to eight minutes." Describing the passage through pirate-infested waters, he adds, "Every few minutes there's a false alarm, and the stress levels are stratospheric. The 37 hours it took to transit the critical 10- to 12-mile stretch was the longest time of my life." (See pictures of Somali pirates...