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"Alarmist estimates of potential effects," the paper said, "have become less credible and more shrill."

Food industry sources described the prediction as 'alarmist' and insisted only part of the increase in the farmgate prices would be passed on to the customer.

'An Alarmist Point of View' Another figure that struck several experts as high was the report that 15 percent of teen-agers said they had carried a gun within 30 days of the survey.

He rejected the FoE Scotland study as 'alarmist', down-played damage to forests in West Germany as 'very small' and stated that 'no damage'had been seen in the UK.

The National House Building Council (NHBC), which guarantees the structure of most new houses for a period of 10 years and issues detailed technical instructions for the design and construction of dwellings, claimed that the 'World in Action' programme was 'alarmist'.

But to hear the alarmists tell it, all the birds will be gone soon.

In one crucial matter, however, the alarmists have a point.

And why do we so often hold the alarmists in contempt?

How could he make each of them see that without sounding like an alarmist?

No one wants the Treasury secretary to be an alarmist.

The fundamental problem, as I see it, is that environmental groups are too often alarmists.

He had known Bass well enough not to write off the old man as an alarmist.

The alarmists talk as if Turkey is going to join in a month's time.

It was the first preseason game, so only alarmists are concerned.

There is some truth in the alarmists' warnings, but they hardly tell the whole story.

He finds this a tougher job than many an alarmist would expect.

The second is that the alarmists could be right.

The whole big/small government dichotomy is a myth for alarmists.

"We have done the studies and challenged the alarmists, but they continue to ignore the facts."

Since then, I have often been roundly criticized for being an alarmist.

Some of the adoptive parents she claims to represent consider her an alarmist.

This is not a report compiled by a bunch of activists or alarmists.

Alarmists can be self-promoting pains, and they are often wrong.

"Oh, Betty's a nice enough girl, but she is a bit of an alarmist.

Alarmists declared that many millions would die before the plague had run its course.

They are not alarmists, though what they have to say is alarming.

Nor is public skepticism a good reason to dismiss the concerns of environmental "alarmists."

The alarmists call it "erring on the side of caution."

By convincing middle America that the "alarmists" are after their jobs, they stop the debate before it starts.