Word: hysteria
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...extermination devised by political leaders and executed by hired gangs and local authorities. Instead of soldiers killing soldiers, civilians murdering civilians was the main act of the war. Pero Skopljak was one of that sort too, a Bosnian Croat who apparently succumbed to authority--or peer pressure or the hysteria of the moment--to enforce Croatian dominance over his neighbors...
Nowhere in this hydrocarbon hysteria did the notion arise that maybe gas prices are exactly where they ought to be. The price of any commodity is a means of balancing supply and demand, and right now the balance is going in favor of higher prices. In gasoline's case, demand has clearly been on the upswing. It used to be that Americans were happy with a full tank and an open road. Now they don't even need the road, given the growing passion for heavy sport-utility vehicles. "If there hadn't been this shift to larger vehicles," says...
...religious right is escalating the battle with tactics that have the sting of an all-out assault. "They use the gay issues to whip up hysteria among their own ranks, which helps them raise money, rally troops at the local level, build infrastructure and effectively challenge issues at a federal level," says Elliot Mincberg of People for the American Way, a liberal watchdog group. "In many respects, it's a national witch-hunt...
Despite the hysteria, all over-the-counter headache remedies today are generally safe for the vast majority of consumers, as long as they follow the recommended dosage. (See chart.) But, as for all drugs, there are exceptions, some of which are minor, some rare--and all of which must be noted by the manufacturer, providing plenty of ammunition for adversaries to attack...
...Nothing surprises him and nothing outrages him, except for bed-and-breakfast lodgings, about which, at last, his movie tells the terrible truth. Usually when a Quentin Tarantino or an Oliver Stone sets out to penetrate the heart of American darkness, we sooner or later end up in hysteria and bloodshed. Russell, a much less antsy operative, practices a kind of Post-it Modernism, jotting quick notes on our secret lives and moving on. But make no mistake, he is a dangerous subversive, capable of coolly underflying any V chip ever likely to be invented...