Word: alarmistic
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...most recent book, “Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity.” In the book, Huntington suggests that Mexican-Americans might be failing to assimilate into American culture as past immigrants have, an assertion that Alonzo characterized as alarmist. “I think he’s crossed the line and he’s appealing to nativistic attitudes, which is very harmful,” Alonzo said. But Huntington dismissed the demonstrators, claiming that they were poorly informed and didn’t understand his positions...
...demonstrations gained support, the government tried to choke off the opposition. It first closed down the popular Radio Soleil, run by the Roman Catholic Church, charging its management with broadcasting "alarmist" news reports. A general news blackout followed as other stations voluntarily abandoned public affairs programming. Police arrested Opposition Leader Hubert de Ronceray, a lawyer and sociologist, charging him with sedition after "subversive" documents were found in his home. Once a member of Duvalier's Cabinet, De Ronceray, 54, has persistently ridiculed last July's rigged national referendum, in which, the government contends, 99.98% of those who voted backed...
...having a mate that others wish to sleep with. To the late psychoanalyst Leslie Farber, this view of jealousy was an attempt by pained sexual revolutionaries to conjure up invulnerability by declaring the pain invalid. Though the sexual revolution has fallen on hard times, some still agree with its alarmist view of jealousy. Manhattan Psychiatrist Robert Gould told Friday, "Jealousy has its roots in unhealthy patterns of development. It is tied up with possessiveness and ownership. As such, it is always pathological...
...that the U.S. economy will keep humming along despite red ink and higher rates. That view was seconded earlier this month by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who suggested in London that a tighter fiscal policy could stabilize or even shrink the U.S. trade deficit. Still, mindful that alarmist predictions of two decades ago turned out to be wrong, Sachs and Tyson are not forecasting a calamity in the U.S. They also expect wider damage to be limited. "The U.S. deficit is really bad news for Americans, but it's absorbable in the world economy," said Tyson...
Posner argues that his background as a lawyer and an economist need not disqualify him from opining on the “strangelet” question. Fifty pages of footnotes attest to the fact that Posner is no scientific dilettante. But is he an alarmist...