Word: alarmism
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...James Hansen, NASA's chief climate scientist, made headlines when he accused the administration of muzzling him when he tried to speak out about global warming. Hansen, director of the space agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, was one of the earliest researchers to sound the climate change alarm. He alleges that White House appointees in NASA limited his access to the press and ordered him to remove web postingss that contradicted the President's positions. The White House took a PR bruising when the charges went public and Hansen's profile has since been higher than ever...
...Sandman argues that it?s hard to rouse folks from their usual day-to-day routine to prepare for a new threat without also triggering alarm. Besides, a little bit of panic helps folks prepare emotionally for what the future may hold. It?s a necessary kind of "adjustment reaction," he says, that allows folks to think about what they can and cannot do, so that when the crisis comes they don?t just dissolve into despair and inaction...
...small fire in the C entryway of Quincy House on Friday evening, causing a flurry of activity on Plympton Street as four fire trucks and a resident tutor worked to extinguish the blaze. According to Cambridge Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief John J. Cotter, firefighters responded to a fire alarm in Quincy at approximately 9 p.m. on Friday, after a fire erupted in garbage and leaves that had collected in a downstairs window well. “It was a small fire in a window well, most likely caused by a discarded cigarette,” he said. Cotter said...
...March 2004, only an average of two students used the services, even after eight indecent assaults within the span of three months had occurred.Students adopted a cautious, if not distressed, attitude when discussing the incident yesterday. “There wasn’t any widespread sense of alarm,” said Jacquelyn Chou ’07, a Kirkland resident. “People really haven’t been talking about it. It was a little startling that it was on JFK Street, because in general, I consider areas like that to be pretty safe...
...claiming the margin of error due to inaccurate memory was approximately the same for mothers of NTD-positive children as for mothers in the control group. When asked what effect this study might have on the consumption of its products, snack manufacturer Frito-Lay declined to comment. Despite the alarm that the tortilla hazard might cause in those who intend one day to have children, Harvard students seem generally nonplussed. “It’s not going to affect the way I eat,” said Laura E. Martin ’06. “They...