Red X - Dismissing iCal Alarms

I've never been able to locate documentation or even a discussion on what happens when you dismiss several iCal alarms all at once by using the window close (red X) button. Can someone fill me in please.
Also, anyone know of a way to get options for dismissing multiple simultaneous alarms such as: snooze all for n minutes, dismiss all for good, or snooze until the top of the next hour.
And, Apple iCal Dev, please size the alarm box to fit the simultaneous alarms. So much elegance, and then this.
Thanks.

Software is not designed to oblige.

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