Word: alerted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Goon Alert; Sophomore Perry Cohagan put in a good effort and took an early lead in the contest for Harvard's' hardest hitter title. While junior defender Sean McCann and senior forward Steve Flomenhoft both scored knockdowns, Cohagan earned the most applause from the Crimson fans...
...Facts. Then Get the Vax," exhorts the Hepatitis B Campus Prevention Program, a nationwide effort launched last week to alert college-aged adults to the highly contagious, potentially deadly disease...
...this spring, I noticed a disturbing trend. My section for Bernard Bailyn's Historical Studies B-31 was huge. Approximately 20 of us sat in desks arranged in a giant horseshoe around our hapless TF. Had we been more alert, we could easily have organized a thrilling game of "Red Rover" or "Keep Away" during our mind-numbingly dull discussions of the Stamp...
...years, voters have been warned about the dangers of these 30- and 60- second political spots. Network newscasts alert viewers to the manipulative potential of the campaign ads they are seeing on those same channels. Major newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post dissect ads with the scrupulous attention usually reserved for tax audits...
Fortunately, technology, improved drug protocols and changing attitudes toward pain management have come to the rescue of children and adults. Skilled pediatricians now routinely give morphine to children and infants to ease postoperative pain. Oxymeters, which monitor breathing, alert nurses to early signs of respiratory problems. When morphine is inappropriate, large doses of local anesthetic work well. Pediatric-pain specialists use a plastic scale of happy to crying faces to help young children express how they feel. And doctors have learned to recognize certain infant sounds, grimaces and motionlessness as signs of suffering...