Word: alarms
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...point, for it is the top-down nature of the Asian model itself that is the real cause of the crisis. This model bred complacency, cronyism and corruption. Isolated from public opinion, just as they insulated bankers and businessmen from market forces, the technocrats ignored the deafening clamor of alarm bells that market forces have been ringing for years. Worse still, because there was no public scrutiny of the iron triangle of bureaucrats, businessmen and bankers, the natural coziness that developed in that clique led inevitably to decisions based on personal relations. At best this was inefficient, at worst corrupt...
Nicole's story: 250 wedding guests assemble at the church. The bride arrives in her bridal radiance. The appointed hour. No groom. Hmmm. Buzz, buzz. Time passes. Still no groom. Fidget and buzz. Guests swivel in their pews to scan the back of the church, in mounting alarm. At last, the best man--looking grim, dressed in street clothes, not formal wedding regalia--appears and reports that, Sorry, the groom has decided he cannot go through with it. Shock, tears, consternation--The Philadelphia Story upside down, or turned sideways, anyhow...
Driving on the highway, I am stuck behind a black delivery truck from East Coast Custom Car. On the back of the truck in bright yellow lettering is a list of things sold at East Coast Custom Car: stereos, alarm systems, bed liners, 4X4 accessories, trailer hitches, fog lights, wheels "and so much more." I make a note to include these items in my accounts, then turn off toward the bay, which is winter blue already. The powerboats have disappeared. The cormorants swarm in a black mass near the mouth of a creek, their snake heads craning for invisible fish...
...their own money on their campaigns. Nineteen spent $1 million or more. And with nearly a full year to go before the 1998 elections, 133 House hopefuls have plunked down at least $50,000 of their own cash. In California, Senate candidate Darrell Issa, a car-alarm magnate, has pledged to put up as much as $14 million--and that's just to win the primary...
Temperature control is one of the smartest and most popular options, shaving up to 20% off a homeowner's energy bill. Truly spectacular systems that automate everything from the alarm system to the jets on the Jacuzzi are still a luxury, however. A lighting system that allows homeowners to choose from a selection of preprogrammed "scenarios," for example, runs about $10,000. At that rate, a $60 motion-detecting lamp will do just fine, thank...