The reason for alarm is that high oil prices inflict pain on consuming economies in so many nasty ways, ranging from higher inflation to deteriorating terms of trade and a decline in international competitiveness.
Inventor Elwood "Woody" Norris first developed high-end stereo speakers, an alarm that signals when a hip replacement has worn out, and now the next logical creation the AirScooter II, a personal aircraft that can hover or fly at speeds up to 55 knots.
Nuclear engineers have long known of increased risks from high burn-up fuels, but scientists at Argonne have been sounding the alarm about storage dangers in recent years after their research ( pdf) showed high burn-up fuels may result in fuel rods becoming more brittle over time.
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Reynolds notes that the data published in a high profile Washington Post feature raising such an alarm refuted the significance of the claim.
The fire service says candles, cigarettes, objects left to close too fires, pans over heating and a high number of student houses with no smoke alarm - or no battery in the alarm - are often to blame for fire outbreaks.
In his opening speech, His Excellency Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, the new High Representative of the UNAOC, sounded the alarm on the need to strengthen the tools for cooperation, prevention and resolution of conflicts, to face the rise of intolerance, and several very serious humanitarian situations, including Syria.
While Greece dominates headlines with a 12.7% budget deficit and a 300 billion euro debt (as of early March 2010), the rest of the so-called PIIGS countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain) wallow in high debt levels as well, triggering further alarm about the future of the European Union.
Plans are also afoot, according to Patton, to install an expensive high-tech electric perimeter fence with an intruder alarm.
It is as if a house stood protected as a fortress, with a high fence around it, with guard towers and alarm systems to keep intruders out, while inside the residents were slaughtering one another.
Yet a similar mood of alarm attended the departure of Yegor Gaidar from high political office.
Mr Chen, who has been blind since childhood, has long been a high-profile figure and international rights groups have frequently expressed alarm at the treatment of him and his family.
She adds, however, that the cost of those devices can be high and that they may turn off gas in the event of a false alarm.
From practical necessities such as an alarm clock or a new set of linens to fashionable indulgences such as high-end headphones, we firmly believe there is no reason for anyone--much less a college student--to fork over the big bucks to live the good life in the dorm.
The General Medical Council said high-profile cases and a concern about complaints by parents were deterring doctors from raising the alarm.
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