Word: alarmists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Looking back, Peterson admits his alarmist views "were never justified." Most professors concur, but nevertheless believe if they had it to do over, they would have moved with the same caution. The Faculty members at the time recoiled from the dangers of what Peterson calls a "precipitous merger," contending that Harvard was not "prepared" for the allegedly grandiose reversals in University tides...
Secretary of Energy James Schlesinger has scarcely helped. He got off to a good start by warning in February that the shutoff of oil exports from Iran had created a situation " prospectively more serious than the Arab oil embargo" of 1973-74. That statement was widely dismissed as alarmist, but it now seems only too accurate. Lately, the Secretary's statements have been so contradictory that one oil executive exclaims: "The real odd-and-even plan is Schlesinger's assessment of the energy situation...
...gulf. What we need is a clear drawing of the line against Soviet involvement in this area. The U.S. position should be clear, without ambiguity. You should not allow the Russians to undermine your friends and, in the process, America itself. I am not by nature an alarmist, but the situation here has reached alarming proportions. You still have time for a new professional diplomatic initiative and declaration, but if you ignore, dismiss or neglect this opportunity, then I fear that the future of the gulf will be placed in grave peril...
...medical research teams have joined parents and educators in studying the problem, much of their work financed by organizations publicly concerned about the damage TV may be doing. Among the latter: the National Institute of Mental Health, the House Subcommittee on Communications. Even the American Medical Association, not noticeably alarmist, announced a series of research projects and dedicated itself to a long-term effort to reduce the amount of violence...
...forced to buy electricity elsewhere for their customers. That would be costly. William Lee, chief executive of North Carolina's Duke Power Co., estimated that the cost of such a shutdown would run more than $100 million a month. But, under the compromise, these forecasts seemed somewhat alarmist...