Word: fears
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fear paralyzed much of East Timor during the week after its citizens voted to secede from Indonesia--a 99% turnout of those eligible. With nearly 80% casting ballots in favor of independence on Monday, the East Timorese could at last envision an end to the torturous era in which, since 1975, they have been an unwilling part of Indonesia. But as they waited for the votes to be counted, pro-Jakarta militias violently assumed control of much of the western part of the territory. At least four local United Nations employees were murdered, and six more may have died. Scores...
...remember trying to learn. Yet another region of the brain, an almond-size knot of neural tissue known as the amygdala, seems to be crucial in forming and triggering the recall of a special subclass of memories that is tied to strong emotion, especially fear. The hippocampus allows us to remember having been afraid; the amygdala evidently calls up the goosebumps that go along with each such memory...
Like many semiconductor companies, Adaptec contracted out fabrication of the product and concentrated on design. Fear motivated Adaptec's initial investigation of B2B software, according to Dolores Marciel, a 16-year veteran of Adaptec and its vice president of corporate procurement. The company believed that a competitor planned to build a semiconductor-manufacturing plant (also known as a fabrication plant) on its premises, thereby reducing product-development time by half. "We needed to compete or we would get killed," says Marciel. Adaptec couldn't invest the time or money in building its own plant (which on average costs $1.3 billion...
...fear, uncertainty, doubt) factor that is sure to slow the pace of change at some big corporations never seemed to affect ex-farmer Zaitz, who says radical change suits him just fine. "I grew up on a dairy farm, where everything that happened in your life revolved around the cows," he says. Feeling trapped by the job, Zaitz often wondered, "'Boy, wouldn't it be great if you could go fishing anytime you wanted?' With Farms.com I wanted to create a lifestyle out of this business--and I did." B2B enterprises like his seem certain to keep cropping up until...
...Research on patients with "social phobia"--a disorder that leaves people terrified of everyday human interaction--shows that the idea of drinking may relieve anxiety just as well as actual drinking does. Patients in a study who thought they were guzzling vodka prior to speaking in public reported less fear and anxiety than those who thought they were handed a placebo--regardless of what was in the glass...