Word: warned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although no official warning has been issued, Captain Ready last night asked the CRIMSON to warn all students in the Harvard area to report any suspicious looking people to either Randall or Ready. "There's definitely something wrong up there," Ready said, "and until we find out just what it is, everyone is in danger...
Reflection on Saturday night's fire in Claverly Hall has prompted several observations which may seem not insignificant. Apparently there is no audible fire signal that could have been sounded inside the building to warn its occupants. When some student eventually discovered the long-smouldering blaze, he was merely able to bang on a few doors on the floor and shout a word of warning, since the smoke soon became densely acrid. Shortly, however, the operation of several sprinkler heads rang a gong on the building's exterior near the front sidewalk, but this could not be heard in many...
Those who cherish diamonds because of their high cost (owing to the tight control of the South African diamond monopoly) will not welcome the development of titania. But in sparkle and "fire," it surpasses its rival and may force the merchandisers of genuine diamonds to warn their customers against too much "fire...
...have a weakness: that of being rich . . . Writers with a sense of duty warn of the disaster we are headed for through our bragging folly, and shortsightedness; but no one pays any attention. The whirligig of clothes, horses and refrigerators spins on. Now we have reached perfection. We bring in dwarfs and freaks to divert us ... fighters with bellies like jugs, and women who wiggle their hips in a different rhythm from the rest of the body...
...authers of the freshman guidebook take a strong stand against untidiness. Smoking on the street and blue jeans are taboo, they warn. They rhapsodize the beauties of Radcliffe, but swoop swiftly to earth again, thusly: "Ivy walls notwithstanding, Radcliffe is an urban college. Radcliffe in the spring is lovely. The apple tree is in full bloom and the grass is green and inviting. But the Radcliffe Yard is not Coney Island. Don't sprawl about; even exam period is not an excuse for unladylike behavior...