Word: hysterias
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...rabid fans. The experts agreed that love of rhythm and the desire to dance are "perfectly healthy." One neurologist, who would not let his name be used, explained: "All of life, all humanity, the cosmos itself, is built upon the beat principle. . . . Its appeal is closely connected with mob hysteria, for you see the same responses in Germany, in the Niirnberg meetings, for example, where the multitudes are swung together under control in a certain direction. One of the secrets of Hitler's power as an orator is in his reiteration, in the beat, the pulse, the rhythm...
While the triumvirate members do take a few subjects this year, they spend most of their time in a special course which they call Pin-Ball 101, which relieves them of war-hysteria...
Only one interpretation of the strange decision seems to hold water. With Hitler's armies smashing through France and with England apparently close to invasion, the Court began to suffer from a combined attack of war hysteria and patriotic jitters. After the tension had relaxed, three Justices saw their mistake and corrected...
...instinct) and the instinct for self-preservation may disturb even a well-balanced, man in battle. Under stress, he may suffer from intestinal disturbances and disordered heart rate. A man with poor mental balance may develop hysterical blindness, paralysis, stiff joints, which will genuinely disqualify him as a fighter (hysteria rarely occurs in newly wounded men-presumably because real wounds eliminate them from battle). Another common type of war breakdown is the hallucinatory reliving of terrifying scenes. A psychopath may quit fighting, give way to panic, or commit suicide. Still other men will brood over every step of a battle...
Into a busy Brooklyn classroom last week stormed Mrs. Alice Thompson, colored. Before a frightened class of fifth-graders, she punched Teacher Zelda Meisels several times, hit her with a hand bag, slapped her, left her lying on the floor with possible brain concussion, internal in juries, hysteria...