Carl Lavin, Forbes.com managing editor, said that the initial alarm about the data was sounded by an alert reader.

FORBES: Magazine Article

What they found only confirmed their initial alarm.

CNN: Boys And Girls Apart

Alarm was also spread by Mr Berlusconi's initial insistence on a general election as the only way out of the political deadlock, and by his naming of a perceived stooge, Angelino Alfano, the secretary of his People of Freedom (PdL) movement, as his likely successor: the man who, as justice minister, introduced a 2008 law, later ruled unconstitutional, that provided Mr Berlusconi with immunity from prosecution.

ECONOMIST: The Italian crisis

The initial test might indicate a problem that later proves to be a false alarm, so we would have worried needlessly.

FORBES: Head-In-The-Sand Medicine: To Test Or Not To Test

There had been relatively little to alarm the Mexican side when Tevez struck his controversial opener, which came after his initial effort had been smothered by Oscar Perez and Messi hooked the rebound back into the box.

BBC: Argentina 3-1 Mexico