Word: alerts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...just waiting for a green light from the Bush Administration, which may come as early as this week, to start vaccinating 500,000 troops. Even so, if U.S. forces were attacked with biological weapons during an invasion, $1.5 million mobile labs mounted in Humvees would detect such agents and alert soldiers, who would then climb into masks and protective suits. It would be tough going in that gear, especially in the searing heat of summer; just taking a sip of water would be a 17-step process. Of course, that's better than enduring a bout of smallpox. --By Unmesh...
Each release of an audio-or videotape alleged to be of bin Laden alerts the intelligence communities of the world to an impending assault. Security forces increase their vigilance, intelligence communities go on red alert, and local citizens become more safety conscious. Any possible terrorist activity will automatically be more difficult to accomplish after an advance warning has been given. So why would a terrorist want to give us advance warning? I am not convinced for a moment that these tapes are authentic. I believe they are designed to keep the flames of Western paranoia burning brightly, so that...
...away those individuals who hold views that disgust us, or for one minute ask them to forgo their constitutional—and moral—right to express those opinions, however loathsome. But for our own sake, we must start lancing the lies. For it is only through being alert to the ignorant and bigoted bile currently being spewed out by all sorts of figures, from Senator Lott to our fellow Harvard undergraduates, that we can ensure the Ghosts of America Past don’t become the Demons of America Future...
...more. The next day, an explosion ripped through a McDonald’s in Bombay. Luckily, no one was killed, but 21 were injured, and even though it was later determined that a faulty air-conditioning system was to blame, McDonald’s restaurants everywhere are on the alert...
...with three other rowers. These “special” young men participated in the usual military drills and night shifts, but were allotted plenty of free time to accommodate their workout schedule. (The night shift consisted of manning the phone and watching an electronic board that would alert the guard if anything went wrong.) In fact, this fantastic four had between 70 and 80 days off during the year, as opposed to the regular 20. “Other people complained that we weren’t really in the army,” Klokk recollects...