Word: alarming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Correcting a previously flawed study, the American Jewish Committee released a new Roper poll showing that 91% of Americans believe the Nazi Holocaust really happened. A 1992 Roper poll set off alarm bells when a confusing question yielded results indicating that 22% doubted that the Nazi extermination of Jews occurred...
...Party targets disgruntled military officers, the new commercial merchant class and the middle-aged, all of whom Communism left high and dry. Supposedly, Zhirinovsky's LDP has met with considerable success over the past few months, and with the Russian political balance so historically unstable, many voices sound the alarm...
...truth and that his subjects follow a variety of faiths, he suggested that when he becomes King he should be called "Defender of Faith," rather than "Defender of the Faith." Since this would mark a historic break between the monarchy and the Church of England, the statement set off alarm bells for many Anglicans...
...country seems to have stabilized during the summer's torpor, there is an underlying sense that the balance of power could shift at any moment. But whatever happens, Zhirinovsky has changed the style and conduct of Russian politics irretrievably. No national political figure has done more to sound the alarm about the fragility of Russia's young democracy, or its vulnerability to irresponsible leadership. As for what that might mean, perhaps the best sense of what lies ahead can be found by turning back to Pushkin's poem...
...said she didn't let her knowledge ofthe alleged criminal's firearm alarm her--untillater...