Word: warned
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...TIME panel of five leading economists foresees only a moderate U.S. downturn. But the experts warn that a bank crisis or a protracted Persian Gulf war would bring a deeper slump...
...that silence our hearing became acute. Footsteps of group members were unlike those of strangers. We discovered that bare feet on concrete floors made more sound than soft soles. As an early warning, we wedged an empty Coke can against the fire door outside my apartment. Whenever strangers entered, the Coke can cracked like a gun. Immediately we'd warn the group that strangers were on the floors...
...next-day-delivery services vulnerable to terrorist attack? A former courier for Federal Express thinks so and claims that he was dismissed when he tried to warn the company. Max Cornelssen, 49, notes that when shippers use commercial flights, packages receive insufficient inspection before being dispatched. He fears that hidden explosive devices could wreak destruction on the U.S. commercial fleet. When Cornelssen submitted a plan for package inspections, he was put on suspension and later fired. FedEx says the dismissal was for unrelated violations of policy. The company's security chief points out that only about...
...alertness during the day. Most of the time the distress is temporary, brought on by anxiety about a problem at work or a sudden family crisis. But sometimes sleep difficulties extend for months and years. Faced with a chronic situation, insomniacs frequently medicate themselves with alcohol or drugs. Doctors warn that in most cases sleeping pills should not be taken for longer than two or three weeks. Such drugs can lose their effectiveness with time, and it takes higher and higher dosages to achieve a result. People run the risk of becoming dependent on the pills...
...chamber were clear and unequivocal. Given time, the sanctions against Iraq could be counted on to halt its industry and hobble its military. That judgment would have been no surprise if it had come from any of the Democrats who used last week's House and Senate hearings to warn the Bush Administration against a hasty resort to force in the Persian Gulf. But the message came from one of the President's own men: William Webster, director of the Central Intelligence Agency...