Word: hysterias
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...much of the crisis is based on hard science and how much stems from plain old hysteria--fanned by news reports and plaintiffs' lawyers--is a hotly contested issue. Mold, after all, is everywhere, from the tasty Roquefort cheese in your salad dressing to the nasty black stuff clinging to the grout in your bathroom. Doctors know that certain strains can trigger allergic reactions, asthma and other respiratory ailments. They have discovered that toxins produced by aspergillus molds can cause cancer. But proving that a mold in this house caused this person's nosebleeds or mental confusion is a notoriously...
...expected to spend is sure to change that. Four out of five New Yorkers are Democrats, but that was true when the Republican Giuliani won his two mayoral elections. Once every generation or so the town goes Republican--usually in moments of crisis, such as the Gotham-is-ungovernable hysteria that helped elect Giuliani--only to revert to Democratic control. So by that estimate, Bloomberg has a shot...
...famous yet. Apart from a handful of film critics, hardly anybody has seen him act. Tigerland was a box office failure, bringing in a measly $140,000. But Farrell's performance, complete with spot-on Texan accent, burned him into cineast consciousness and created a buzz akin to hysteria. "It's mad. None of this was planned," says Farrell at a bar in Prague, the filming location for the World War II drama Hart's War. "I always just auditioned for jobs and hoped I did well, so I could move on to the next step. Now I've skipped...
...thought the plane was involved in drug smuggling] should serve as a wake-up call [NATION, May 7]. With innocent missionaries being killed, Colombia torn apart by prohibition-fueled violence and America's prison population at record levels, perhaps it's time for politicians to drop the drug-war hysteria. As a Christian, I feel I should ask myself, What would Jesus do? The answer is not to persecute, incarcerate and deny forgiveness to drug users--the essence of America's zero-tolerance drug policy. ROBERT SHARPE Washington...
...This is total theater,” Wrinn said. “It just creates a mass hysteria that in no way reflects the conversations that are going on behind the scenes...