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After an automatic fire alarm sounded around 8:00 a.m., hotel employees immediately evacuated the building, unsure of whether the alarm signaled an actual fire. Guests were rousted from their beds...
...fire alarm was activated in Apley Court. At 7:28 a.m., following another fire alarm, engineers determined that water dripping onto a hot pipe was causing steam, and setting off the alarm...
Other, smaller factors have put downward pressure on the crime rate and should continue to do so. Better technology means you can install more sensitive alarm systems in your home and carry less cash on the street. The wane of Jack Daniels (and the rise of Evian) has yielded fewer drunken rages. Finally, although the prison-building boom sparked protest from those who insist we should spend the money on rehabilitation, no one can argue with cold reality: jails and prisons today lock up nearly 2 million people, and you simply can't knock over a 7-Eleven...
...even though change is in the air, not everyone thinks that shifting the College's hours to fit students' habits is necessarily the right idea. They have a simpler answer: an alarm clock...
...according to University officials, at least one upper-class student has been called to appear before the College's Administrative Board for failing to evacuate during a fire alarm...