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...neighborhood, claiming 144 lives, many of the emergency workers who confronted the human carnage were still trying to shake off the trauma. A few were paralyzed with anxiety whenever they tried to put on the uniform they wore on the day of the accident. Others suffered from hellish nightmares, insomnia, stomach ailments, migraines and partial amnesia about the terrible event. Says Alan Davidson, president of the Academy of San Diego Psychologists: "This has had an impact on the human psyche beyond what we can humanly know...
...general merchandise sold. Some experts believe that that percentage will grow much more. Maxwell Sroge, a Chicago-based mail-order consultant, goes so far as to assert that catalogue sales may prove to be the biggest revolution in shopping ever. Says he: "If you have insomnia, you can shop at four in the morning. It's a store that never closes...
...spot because of erratic behavior like temper tantrums, violent acts and running away from home. Girls, on the other hand, usually hide deep depression behind psychosomatic symptoms: headaches, nervous quirks and excessive weight gains or losses. Both sexes exhibit such warning signs as dramatic changes in school performance, insomnia, irritability and a tendency to be involved in mishaps. Says Paulson: "Serious accidents happening to any child over six require a social evaluation of the family to see if there are family stresses provoking a child to drink poison or run into traffic...
...that Bailey's own interests interfered with his work in court. She also "noticed during my trial that it was necessary for him [Bailey] to ingest what I consider 'hangover' medicine," that his "hands were shaking, that he seemed to be suffering from the effects of insomnia, that his judgment seemed impaired...
...kind of situation Bert Lance had. The more you hang in, the more people go after you. I will resolve it and come back." Bourne also issued a statement justifying his conduct: he had written a prescription for one of his aides, Ellen Metsky, 25, who was suffering from insomnia, and had used a pseudonym to protect her privacy...