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Word: alerting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vaccination often costs more than $1,000, but that is a small price for stopping the virus. While a disease as old and resilient as rabies may never be eradicated, it can be controlled -- if everyone stays alert to the danger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware Of Rabies | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

Last year an estimated 16% of all U.S. homes installed electronic systems. Video surveillance is becoming more popular. Says Steve Gribbon of the Alert Centre Protective Services, a Colorado-based security company with 200,000 customers in 48 states: "Five or six years ago, only estates in the $700,000- to-$1 million range used them. We're now seeing them in $200,000 homes." Says Anthony Potter, a private security consultant in Atlanta: "In the past, people thought home-security systems were too expensive -- that it was only for people with diamond collections." But, he adds, "they are seeing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Danger in the Safety Zone | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

Magazines make mistakes, you will not be shocked to learn. When we do, of course, it's important to set the record straight. But sometimes we feel the need to alert our readers when there is only the possibility that a mistake has been made. This is one of those times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Managing Editor: Aug. 16, 1993 | 8/16/1993 | See Source »

...tunnel along with you, the adrenalin of speed cases away your concerns for straying pedestrians, especially those you might encounter next to the Hemenway Gym. The semblance of a solo aircraft pilot taking off as you push up the hill onto Massachusetts Avenue quickly disappears as your lungs alert you to the most deadly nemesis known to a Cantabridgian Car Conductor, the Big Belching...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Don't Leave Home--If You're Not in a Tank | 8/10/1993 | See Source »

...viewing of "Last Action Hero" was one of "Robin Hood: Men in Tights." A cheap Errol Flynn imitation drew six arrows and shot them. Afterwards, a bunch of guys danced around in tights and a voice announced "coming to a theater near you." Immediately, I heard the dumb movie alert...

Author: By Young IL Kim, | Title: These Tights Don't Fit | 8/6/1993 | See Source »

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