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Panic Button

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A silent remote alarm used to alert security personnel located at a distance of the need for help in managing a violent patient
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PAUL WATSON insists Falkirk won't press the panic button - even if they lose to Morton today and remain pointless.
Gary Locke has urged Kilmarnock fans not to press the panic button - even if they lose their first three Premiership games.
Charlton are without a win in seven games, but their boss Bob Peeters refuses to press the panic button. He said: "I wasn't overexcited when we were on our run at the start of the season and I'm not that negative now."
1 ASTON VILLA manager Paul Lambert says he will not press the panic button - but statistics would suggest he has every right to after his side slipped into the Premier League bottom three with their 1-0 defeat to Southampton.
Dubai, Jan 20( ANI ): England captain Andrew Strauss has refused to press the panic button in the wake of the emphatic 10-wicket defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the first Test match in Dubai.
But he managed to press the panic button to raise the alarm, jamming shut the rear door of Archbold Wines in Trevor Terrace, North Shields.
BLUES manager Alex McLeish is refusing to press the panic button despite his side slipping into the Premier League's relegation zone.
He said: "There is no need to press the panic button. We have got to start winning games and if we keep playing like we did, we will win games, without a doubt.
"I expected someone to press the panic button and take the muffins off the shelf," she said.
LABOUR chiefs were last night preparing to press the panic button as a shock new poll for the Sunday Mirror revealed the Tories hot on their trail.
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