Word: alerting
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...early 2002, leaders of two Arab-American organizations who had been conferring with the agency on counterterrorism programs asked Magid and other local imams if they too would work with the bureau. The lawmen badly needed contacts among Washington's Muslims to help them check out leads and alert them to anything out of the ordinary, but they were getting nowhere in setting up those ties because "there was so much fear and animosity toward the FBI in that community," says an agent...
...national charity SANE Australia is running a campaign - "Mental Illness is Real" - that challenges "misinformed community attitudes that discourage the 1 in 5 Australians affected by mental illness from seeking the treatment they need." Last year, Pfizer Australia urged G.P.s to be alert to depression in the country's three million arthritis sufferers. On the basis of a poll it had commissioned and interpreted, the company found 20% of these people had depression. Months earlier, working from another one of its surveys, Pfizer announced that "alarming numbers" of young Australians were at risk of depression because many around them were...
...fire fighter or rock climber can tell you, a simple rope can save your life-as long as it doesn't fray or break without warning. Because Smart Rope is embedded with electrically conductive metal fibers, it can sense the amount of weight it is bearing and alert users to a load that is too great. A handheld receiver relays any problems to the owner with a warning message. Smart Rope can also be used for mooring boats, securing valuables or in rescue operations. Next Product: Rise and Shine...
...measure to her daily completion of two crossword puzzles in record time. Weil ought to step out of the meditation labyrinth he was pictured in and try his hand at a crossword. Jean Falls Milton, Canada Weil's "wellness diet" is right on target. This article will inform and alert people to the impact that their diet has on their health. But his recommendation to "strictly avoid all products made with partially hydrogenated oils of any kind" is almost impossible to follow. Nearly all snack foods, especially packaged cakes and cookies, contain those harmful oils. Scientists should try to find...
...answers to these questions were as quick to arrive as they were unpleasant, and I felt a profound sense of insufficiency, one that would only double later that morning as I helped lower the moral remains of my grandfather into the ground.Although my attention had wandered, I was alert enough to gauge from the speaker’s rhythm and timing that his brief eulogy was coming to an end. The marine looked at the casket, and, his voice quivering, said one more thing that will remain with me until the day I too pass away: “Rest...