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  • Loyalty is directed by Edward Hall in a tumultuous cacophony of bleeps and special ringtones and ordinary telephone purrings and burglar-alarm yowls and sirens and doorbells which, unusually, catches the aural confusion of personal and public demands.

    A Woman Killed with Kindness; Loyalty; Ghost – review 2011

  • The chief financial officer of a Hagerstown burglar-alarm company faces allegations he stole more than $100,000 from his employer.

    Forgery charges at Md. alarm company 2010

  • One consumer rip-off that shows no sign of abating is the annual invasion of door-to-door salespeople who use dubious and intrusive tactics to sell burglar-alarm systems to unwary homeowners, a topic we covered in "Scam Alert: Don't Get Ripped Off by an Alarm Company."

    Avoid summertime burglar-alarm scams 2009

  • Also check out related stories on bump keys, burglar-alarm scams, and Rex Plus, the "Electronic Watchdog."

    Weekend Project: Strike out burglars with a beefed-up strike plate 2009

  • And learn how to keep yourself from getting scammed by burglar-alarm companies, duct-cleaning services, and chimney sweeps.

    In Westchester County, some contractors have built a bad reputation 2009

  • One consumer rip-off that shows no sign of abating is the annual invasion of door-to-door salespeople who use dubious and intrusive tactics to sell burglar-alarm systems to unwary homeowners, a topic we covered in "Scam Alert: Don't Get Ripped Off by an Alarm Company."

    Avoid summertime burglar-alarm scams 2009

  • And learn how to keep yourself from getting scammed by burglar-alarm companies, duct-cleaning services, and chimney sweeps. —

    In Westchester County, some contractors have built a bad reputation 2009

  • Also check out related stories on bump keys, burglar-alarm scams, and Rex Plus, the "Electronic Watchdog."

    Weekend Project: Strike out burglars with a beefed-up strike plate 2009

  • It means, inter alia, a new race of burglar-alarm invigilators and publicly funded potato prodders poking around in our supermarkets in search of rogue Polish potatoes, and new officialdom means an increase in public-sector spending, to the point where 60 per cent of the employment in Newcastle is now in the state sector, and while that is electorally valuable for Labour it means higher taxes for everyone else.

    Boris socks it to the Puritans 2008

  • Yes, a burglar-alarm box on the wall above the porch and it went off if you tried forcing windows instead of a door.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

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