Word: alarms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Alarm over the narcotics epidemic has ignited a divisive debate over drug laws and the best way to attack the problem. Former Prime Minister Bettino Craxi has called for a drastic reversal of the old law: he wants users punished. "You can't ban the sale of drugs from one side and give freedom to buy them on the other," he argues. Craxi's hard line has drawn fire from liberals, especially Minister for Special Affairs Rosa Russo Jervolino, chief author of a new antidrug law calling for stiffer sentences for traffickers, more support for police, and better rehabilitation programs...
...oppose initiatives like the one just passed in his state. Says McCain: "Our nation and the English language have done quite well with Chinese spoken in California, German in Pennsylvania, Italian in New York, Swedish in Minnesota and Spanish in the Southwest. I fail to see the cause for alarm...
...good part of the work was done on a pro bono basis. Plumbers, electricians and carpenters volunteered to work on the project. Companies donated rugs, furniture, lumber, a fire alarm system...a developer donated $10,000 cash," Lee said. "People worked until two or three in the morning to help us get the building ready for the winter. A construction company even put 15 workers...
Last year, it almost happened, but Harvard's alarm clock went off with 10 minutes left in the final period. Princeton took some seats in the stands and watched the Crimson storm back with three goals to tie the game...
Cambridge firefighters responded to a fire alarm and, after donning protective clothing, moved the canister to a gas hood in the laboratory that sucked away the remaining...