Word: hysterias
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...real is the "threat"? Amid the hysteria, it's worth reassessing the facts. Gay couples have the provisional right to marry in only one state, and that state's voters will decide in 2006 whether that right will remain. Thirty-eight states have legislative bans on marriage rights for gays and on recognizing other states' gay marriages. The federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 underlines the right of states not to recognize marriages from other states. Four states have constitutional amendments barring marriage to gays; as many as a dozen have scheduled referendums to consider this. In Massachusetts, there...
...Auckland police said they'd busted a plot to blow up Sydney's nuclear reactor during the Olympic Games. The evidence fell apart and all charges against the suspects, two Afghan taxi drivers, were dropped. A retired Australian intelligence officer familiar with the case puts it down to "police hysteria.") The 40,000-strong Muslim community has "nothing for terrorists to organize," says Paul Buchanan, a former U.S. defense and security consultant who teaches politics at Auckland University. "And the logistics of trying to mount an attack here are rather insurmountable." The only reasons a terrorist might visit New Zealand...
...Klein's Column "How To Win Over A Nation of Partisans" [April 12] was exactly on the mark. Partisan hysteria from both right and left in this campaign has reached a stage at which the linchpins of American political progress--reasonable dialogue and compromise--are nearly nonexistent. BOB JONES Woodstock...
...Panic buying and hoarding started with salt and sugar in the Baltics; Poland followed with sugar, construction materials and cars. In the Czech Republic, it has been sugar, rice and, of all things, haircuts, with people pre-paying their trips to the salon. What's behind the hysteria? E.U. accession will bring about changes in taxation, tariffs and price support. This means that the price of dairy products in Poland, for example, could rise 10-30% and that an $11 haircut in the Czech Republic will cost $12.50 due to higher vat. Anticipating a hike, many consumers are returning...
...away intense and “Falling Away with You,” like “Unintended,” is sweet and gentle, and gracefully falls into a 30 second “Interlude.” When the vocals come in during “Hysteria,” there is an overwhelming aching feeling that is augmented by the stunning background music...