Word: hysterias
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...population is trying to cut back. The diamond crystal has become the demon crystal and "the No. 1 food fear," according to California Nutritionist Ronald Deutsch. Says Deutsch, an irreverent observer of food fads: "This society is pervaded by a 'What's the latest hysteria?' attitude when it comes to nutrition, and salt is the latest...
...hysteria may be too strong a response, but there is reason for a healthy concern. Too much salt is known to contribute to hypertension, which is a factor in half the deaths in the U.S. each year. One of four Americans suffers from some form of high blood pressure, though many do not know it. The so-called silent killer, it often remains symptomless and undetected for years until it leads to a disabling or deadly heart attack or stroke. For the unaware and unwary, excess salt is all too often its equally stealthy silent accomplice...
DIED. Murray Kaufman, 60, alias "Murray the K," zany, hip-talking disc jockey whose comic hysteria on New York City rock 'n' roll radio programs made him a cult figure for millions of teen-agers during the 1960s; of cancer; in Los Angeles. One of the first and best of rock's high-pitched, jabbering deejays, Kaufman punctuated his broadcasts with shrieks, howls and a miscellany of sounds: trains crashing, cavalry charging, crazed laughter. He helped promote the Beatles during their first visit to the U.S. in 1964, and appeared in the rock quartet's second...
...this time the whole house is in an uproar, but as George staggers back down the stairs, a little voice rises above the others and, trying to control its hysteria, makes the sweet, placatory offer that has never been refused before: "Daddy, can I make you a hamburger with onions?" Up to this point the scene has been fine, a well-made representation of the craziness that is bound to burst forth in even the most civilized of separations. But that one line confirms a thought that has been building from the beginning of Shoot the Moon, namely that something...
...shopping malls and a mortuary. Atlantans rushed to stock up on portable heaters, batteries, lanterns and candles. "It's been crazy, totally insane," said Hardware Store Salesman James Hoelscher. "We're sold out of just about everything." In fact, the clamor for survival equipment was not just hysteria: 1,000 Atlanta-area homes were without heat for twelve hours...