Like many of the author's protagonists, Mickey Sabbath, a former puppeteer and drama teacher, frequently encounters disquieting reminders of his own mortality.

Today, however, she found the scene outside the lounge to be a disquieting reminder of their present danger.

Florida is a disquieting reminder that what happens in the electoral darkroom is not a neutral chemical process.

The incident is a sobering and disquieting reminder of the remaining antagonism that many people in Gwynedd still bear toward Deryni.

For both the Mexican Government and the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, he remains a disquieting reminder of one of the most violent periods in their long and traditionally uneasy relationship.

Most challenging of all is Mr. Carter's disquieting reminder that "for many millions of black folk, white people in general, and white people with power in particular, are simply not to be trusted."

We never see his own parents, and his references to them are disturbing, like Norm Peterson's insults about his never-seen wife, Vera, a disquieting reminder of a life ruined by booze.

He's a disquieting reminder of what could happen if we ever elect someone who will represent the bottom 90 percent in this country.

The "Frontline" documentary, like the hijackers' last video and testament, is a disquieting reminder of what the world is up against when taking on a Muslim holy war.

Then, too, there's the constant, disquieting reminder that, however swell a fellow you may think you are, there are people out there waiting for a chance to bring your career to a premature conclusion.