Word: alarms
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...either way about his fate. "Each day in this story brings a confounding new turn of events," says Meier. "One day everyone denies knowing where he is; the next day everybody claims to know where he is. But the naked cynicism of the official explanation may be cause for alarm...
Power, I learn, has its price. If I forget to have my Sims use the toilet, they'll relieve themselves on the floor, leaving unsightly puddles. If they don't learn to cook, the stove will catch fire. Forget to buy a burglar alarm, and you may wake up without a couch--or a house...
...more a quality of life issue. There was an incident before the last one, I remember it very vividly. [Late one night] I was exhausted, but I ran to get pizza, came back and there was a fire alarm...There was hooting, screaming, everybody was freaking out, but the police came and turned off the alarm, so everybody went back inside. So I was like, 'Finally I can go to bed!' So I ate my little pizza, and got into bed. About an hour later, 2 or 2:30 in the morning, I hear this loud shout in the hallway...
...electioneering may well have consequences for Washington's foreign policy. House Republicans overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday calling for direct military ties between the U.S. and Taiwan and annual assessments of the island's security status that would ease arms-sales restrictions to Taipei. Beijing, naturally, reacted with alarm, and the White House made clear it would work the Senate to stop the bill from passing. "The White House reaction isn't surprising, since there's a longstanding arrangement with Beijing that they won't threaten Taiwan as long as the status quo is maintained and they...
...found five to six people who said they heard the alarm but ignored it, which is obviously a problem," Wrinn said...