Word: alarms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kitty tried to put together a new life, signing a $175,000 book contract and registering with a speakers' bureau. She also traveled, taking a trip to an Arizona spa. And apparently she drank. Enough to alarm her family and, most important, herself. Doctors do not believe she has had the time to become heavily dependent on alcohol, but they say her earlier experience with amphetamines evidently set off warning bells. "She recognized that her recovery was a day-to-day thing, and she is an addictive person," says Paul Costello, her press secretary during the campaign. She has struggled...
...unexpected muscle of the extreme right set off alarm bells throughout West Germany, where the Nazi legacy continues to torment the national psyche. Within hours of learning the ultra-rightists were to be seated in the legislature, 10,000 West Germans descended on the city hall, chanting "Nazis out!" and "Ban the fascists!" Over the next few days, the protests continued...
...Washington alone in conveying its alarm to Bonn over the Libyan project. Israeli intelligence officials also established the complicity of West German firms and in July notified their counterparts in Bonn of their findings. Unlike the U.S., however, Israel did not try to take the story public. One reason might be that West Germany has become the Israeli defense industry's best foreign customer. Bonn buys $300 million worth of ammunition and spare parts for tank guns and electronic equipment annually, helping provide employment for 7,000 Israeli workers...
...manufacturing standard opens the doors to "smart" homes that water their lawns, brew coffee while the family sleeps and sound the alarm when a toddler gets too close to the pool...
While not ruling out pilot error, investigators are focusing on the possibility that the plane's electronic fire-alarm system failed and indicated trouble in the wrong engine, leading to a tragic mistake. As other Boeing 737s are being checked, the remains of Flight 92's engines have been sent back to their French co-maker, SNECMA, for examination...