Word: alarmistic
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Along with the perpetual alarmist, we must "view with apprehension" a recent tendency in our midst. The honorable and gentlemanly custom of removing hats in Widener is becoming obsolete. The handkiss of salute, the lady's curtsy, and the gentleman's obeisance--each in turn has passed into the realm of anticuities; now it would seem that this last vestige of gallantry is to join the forgotten throng...
...What would I do with the Bolsheviki in this country?" said Dr. Isaacs. "I am no alarmist and I believe that my first act would be to classify them all. Perhaps this sounds like an unusual if not a cruel punishment, but after all the modern conception of punishment is a dealing with criminals rather than with crimes...
...college president says that every student should thoroughly understand three languages - English, German and French; and an alarmist wants to know what will become of the three b's - boating, boxing and base-ball - if English is taken...