Word: hysterias
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...Danger. No one has ever given a good reason why soccer, a game which stirs a large part of the world to hysteria, causes little but polite yawns in most of the U.S. The ardor with which U.S. fans pursue baseball is pallid compared with the interest of soccer fans in the 50-odd nations in which it is a national game. In Buenos Aires, referees are sometimes hustled out under police escort lest they be torn limb from limb by the spectators. From Moscow to Melbourne, the action and drama of the game thrill crowds who consider American football...
...nice!" someone once said of the Psychological Clinic, "Wisteria outside, hysteria inside." For the clinic on Plympton Street hides its work in a rambling vine-draped building which could easily be mistaken for a farmhouse. The interior is equally folksy: it feels more like the home of a large (and rather eccentric) family than the combined research center, clinic, and classroom building which...
...episode had its effect on Queens. Harold Lenz dean of students, declared that there was "a state of hysteria" on the campus, and that some outsiders had begun to clamor for the banning of two more student groups, the Young Progressive Citizens of America and the Students for Democratic Action...
...enveloping atmosphere of fear and hysteria, teachers, a timid lot under any circumstances, have become more timorous still. There are no overt threats to academic freedom, but campus liberals are less outspoken, more cautious and retiring...
...present military strength of various nations, and the possibilities of different plans of attack and defense, "If Russia Strikes" is of questionable value in assessing the present or future world situation. The book is not based on any proven facts, and both reflects and supports present fear and hysteria. According to Mr. Eliot, since there can be no peace with Russia, we must remain armed and develop more powerful weapons and a stronger FBI to ferret out spies and plotters. All of this may not be warmongering--but it is dangerously close...