Word: alerted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sort of became the prostrate pinup boy of Washington, D.C. I didn't talk about politics; I talked about prostrates." --Prostrate cancer patient and former United States Senator Bob Dole (R,-KS) discussing his effort to alert men to the dangers of his disease on "Larry King Live...
...decision held that bounty hunters may pursue a defendant "into another State; may arrest him on the Sabbath; and, if necessary, may break and enter his house for that purpose." Says Arizona lawyer Gary Klahr: "In Phoenix, it's harder now to repossess a car--you're supposed to alert the police first--than it is to repossess a human being...
...Fire Safety Alert" has been posted in upperclass houses which warns against the dangers of halogen lamps. This alert says that lamps with 500-watt tubular halogen bulbs are now prohibited by the University...
...responded quickly. In Orlando, Disney World's Magic Kingdom pulled the drawbridge at least partway up, closing swimming pools and water parks an hour before sunset, when the skeeter dinner bell usually sounds. On Long Island, officials considered similar action, including closing parks until the danger subsides. Though the alert is, so far, more scare than scourge, nobody dismisses it. Says Dr. David Graham, an epidemiologist for New York's Suffolk County: "We want to take precautions...
...President Arafat in an attempt to cool the war of words that has exploded between the two. Monday's rounding up of Islamic militants by Palestinian security teams helps her; the fact that Hamas vowed to continue suicide attacks against Israel does not. Israeli police were put on high alert in preparation for her arrival. Will she succeed? Tune in Thursday to find...