Word: alerted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...holding scientific research and discovery in respect at we should, we must also be alert to the equal end opposite danger that public policy could itself become captive of a scientific-technological elite." --President Eisenhower in his Farewell Address January...
...advance this goal. It is not likely to change a company's behavior. Indeed, a day or so after the sale has taken place, (a) the price of the stock--management's major concern--is back to normal (the historical evidence makes this quite clear): (b) a few alert investors have enjoyed a windfall by buying the stock at a temporarily reduced price: and (c) the company's management has been freed from the constant pressure that could have been applied by a morally-concerned shareholder...
...wheel, or to jam, bringing the car to an abrupt halt. Thus far, 16 such failures have occurred, causing one injury. Ford, still uncertain about the cause of the trouble, does not plan to replace the bearing unit. Instead, dealers will install a clamp on the axle both to alert and protect the driver; the clamp will increase the screeching noise that occurs when unusual wear begins and will hold everything together for at least 100 miles...
Meanwhile, German officials called a smallpox alert after a Yugoslav worker from Kosovo, newly arrived in Hannover, came down with the disease. He was immediately put in isolation, and officials rounded up 665 people known to have had some contact with him. They were being held in quarantine while the search went on for the 666th and last person believed to have been exposed...
...doctors of another woman being sought by the Bureau. Nor does the confidentiality of the doctor-patient relationship, which covers only medical matters, excuse doctors from the demands of the law. In many states, for instance, doctors are required to report gunshot wounds, and in some they must also alert authorities to suspected cases of child abuse. Certain communicable diseases, including syphilis and gonorrhea, must be reported to public health authorities...