Word: alertness
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...modern medicine, humanity's ancient memories of epidemics beyond understanding or control. Even as the first waves of shock and fear began to spread, the search for the killer began in one of the most intensive efforts at medical sleuthing ever undertaken in the U.S. Now that the alert had been sounded, the case files quickly swelled. Within the week, more than 130 people, mostly men, had been stricken and hospitalized, and 25 had died. Each report fueled the nation's anxiety, producing panicky calls to doctors and hospitals from people who developed any of the reported and not uncommon...
...oblivious to all of this, but his friends and coworkers certainly aren’t. Mauricio’s primary role in the movie is to alert Hal to his faulty perception of the morbidly overweight Rosemary, whose charity work and Peace Corps background mean little to anyone, Hal included...
...Without directly addressing the criticism the administration faced after issuing its second high alert in three weeks, the President defended the importance of staying informed - and staying calm. "A terrorism alert is not a signal to stop your life," he said. "There is a difference between being alert and being intimidated, and this great nation will never be intimidated." This turned out to be the biggest applause line of the night...
...while Harvard currently has no plans to follow suit, Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73 says the admissions office has used e-mails to convey decisions to students abroad in the past and may eventually use e-mail to alert all students of Harvard’s decisions...
SIXTH SENSE Systems that detect the byproducts or residue of chemical-and biological-weapons manufacture, and then alert police to their presence