Word: hysteria
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Plans for the demonstration had been viewed with alarm by Governor Meldrim Thomson Jr., and with something approaching hysteria by William Loeb, the abrasively conservative editor of the Manchester Union Leader, who likened the protesters to "Nazi storm troopers under Hitler." But when Thomson helicoptered to the site the day after the occupation, he was greeted politely by the demonstrators despite his insistence that they leave. "You have the right to an opinion opposite to that of other people, and you have come to let the world know your side," Thomson told the protesters. "But," he added, "you are violating...
...Worthy's diapatch go unnoticed? "There was irrationality on a mass scale at the time, with the government and press working overtime to foster a state of hysteria over Cuab's revolution," Worthy says. He adds that nobody is going to listen to practical, common sense reporting in such an environment...
...character is not developed from the beginning, Bessie Burgess' heroism seems to come from nowhere. Her death fails to be convincingly tragic. And in Nora's madness there are heard none of the Ophelian overtones that O'Casey's lines can convey: what appears onstage is little more than hysteria...
...wish to respond separately and succinctly to the following quote: The Green Degenerates "simply fail to realize that while triumphs over the Crimson might cause hysteria in Hanover, losses to the Big Green hardly cause a ripple around Tommy's Lunch." A good friend from Harvard, after the game, said that he had never seen the Crimson team jump around so much after a game. Mike, you might also consult Coach Restic concerning your blind assumption...
...really doubtful, though, that the Dartmouth fans, obnoxious at best and cry-babyish the rest of the time, have any equals. Anywhere. They simply fail to realize that while triumphs over the Crimson might cause hysteria in Hanover, losses to the Big Green hardly cause a ripple around Tommy's Lunch...