Word: overreactive
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...economy, while the markets and investors are a vaguely sinister sideshow. Bush's first reaction to revelations of corporate misconduct was to assume the best. Yes, corporate America tripped up here and there, but the subsequent hysteria was stirred up by the overheated media. He didn't want to overreact lest he hamstring honest executives. "He didn't want to do something that would hurt the real economy just to fix a perception problem," says a senior adviser...
...economy, while the markets and investors are a vaguely sinister sideshow. Bush's first reaction to revelations of corporate misconduct was to assume the best. Yes, corporate America tripped up here and there, but the subsequent hysteria was stirred up by the overheated media. He didn't want to overreact lest he hamstring honest executives. "He didn't want to do something that would hurt the real economy just to fix a perception problem," says a senior adviser...
...dawn gradually. Some offspring fight off the reality until a crisis hits, while others fret and nag long before their parents need any help. Many folks, Bengston points out, enter old age relatively healthy, still helping their kids with baby-sitting and financial support, but their offspring may overreact to small, normal signs of their parents' aging...
...have anywhere to go. We thanked them for their compassion, and gently humored their concerns about our health. If they linked our misfortune to Sept. 11, or the hushed T-word was mentioned, we laughed contemptuously at their simplicity. “Let’s not overreact,” we said...
...important to be vigilant, according to William Waugh, professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies/Political Science at Georgia State University in Atlanta. But it?s equally important to not overreact, says Waugh, an expert on international and domestic terrorism and the author of "Terrorism and Emergency Management" and "Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disasters...