Word: alarms
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Finally, their biological alarm clock goes off. When that time comes, scientists think, a soil temperature of 64şF (18şC) signals the nymphs to tunnel back...
...everyone does. "Too many people have a fantasy about China that bears no relation to reality," says Arthur Kroeber, managing editor of the Hong Kong-based China Economic Quarterly. "This is still a state-directed economy, and the government's latest steps have been a wake-up call." The alarm bells are getting louder. Consumer prices on the mainland jumped 3.8% last month, the highest year-on-year monthly spike in seven years. That is expected to increase pressure on China's central bank to raise interest rates for the first time since...
...I.O.C.'s unexpected bullishness stemmed in part from reduced expectations. The alarm was sounded in 2000 by then I.O.C. president Juan Antonio Samaranch, who said the Athens effort was the worst organizational crisis in recent Olympic history. When Angelopoulos-Daskalaki took over the Games organization shortly after, she scaled back extravagant projects. Last February, the I.O.C.'s new president, Jacques Rogge, urged Greeks to forget the frills. Landscaping plans were pruned, a rail line was cancelled and the plastic roof over the Aquatic Center was scrapped. Even if everything goes well from here, those compromises will be felt. Visitors...
...that, the email's author in "Information Services Customer Liaison" said: "This leakage will be investigated for criminal prosecution. If you don't have the document and have never had legitimate access, please do not complicate the investigative processes by seeking information." As the type-face switched to high-alarm red, the 180-word email continues: "THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT IS CLASSIFIED; DO NOT GO TO FOX NEWS TO READ OR OBTAIN A COPY...
Unfortunately, I woke up at 1:02 p.m.—I had slept through my entire first midterm at Harvard. Initially, I blamed everything from my new alarm clock to my roommate to my course selection—how could I have thought I could handle Justice and Alexander in the same semester? Finally I blamed myself. I couldn’t expect to leave both assignments to the last minute and still get them done...