Word: panic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ability to go all out, the fact that the real-estate holding of every faction has remained fairly constant since the rebellion's beginning, are signs of an urge to compromise. But the U.S. has yet to persuade Chamoun that he is not free simply to press the panic button in order to have the U.S. Marines rescue his political career (his term expires Sept. 23). If he learned that the U.S. was committed to the integrity, independence and sovereignty of Lebanon rather than to his own political fortunes, then a way might be found to end an inconclusive...
...urgent were the portents of the civil war in Lebanon that cries of panic and defeat resounded throughout the West, increased by hints of "volunteers'' from the East. Headlines, further exaggerating newspapers' excited stories, spoke of tanks, planes and troops locked in "raging" battle for Lebanon and the whole Arab world. Wherever diplomats drank, voices were heard forecasting that the West was headed for a second Suez, and demanding to know when the West was going to face up to Nasser. U.S. Senator John Kennedy declared that the U.S. stood on the brink of war, while Columnist...
...amorous panic, the Bundeswehr had to ask the Bavarian radio to broadcast an announcement to quiet the aggrieved wives. But one officer felt not so much indignant at East German trickery as he did despairing about West German women: "They didn't stop to think, didn't use their heads, or refuse to believe the letters out of confidence in their husbands. No. They opened them, read them and, instantly, they were convinced." Another officer had a different concern. "I hope," he mused thoughtfully, "that soldiers now won't get the idea of nonchalantly palming off real...
...valiant try to crush the panic, Vice President Richard Nixon (who is indebted to Adams for having helped prevent the strong dump-Nixon move during the famed 1952 expense-account troubles that wound up in the Checkers speech) got up at a meeting of state Republican chairmen last week in Washington and warned: "The trouble with Republicans is that when they get into trouble they start acting like a bunch of cannibals." Still, the chairmen themselves were inclined to let Adams stew in the cauldron. Of the 42 attending the meeting, 13 thought that Adams ought to quit; twelve shakily...
...last week the bonds had skidded a full point to 99½, due largely to rumors that the Federal Reserve Board was ready to reimpose a tight-money policy, which would boost other interest rates and make the 2⅝% Governments unattractive. In a panic, the free riders unloaded...