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“It’s impossible to discount as hyperbole the alarm that these longtime civil servants are sounding from inside the house.”

Paulson, too, had heard Greg Lippmann’s pitch—and, as he built a massive position in credit default swaps, used Lippmann as his sounding board.

Researchers here are developing the extraordinarily sounding "organ-on-a-chip" technology, conjuring up alarming images of throbbing brains and beating hearts sitting on top of electronic circuits.

In Mashhad, Iran's second-largest city, officials are sounding the alarm as well.

“It’s just a game,” he said, sounding dismissive.