Word: panic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their search for an antidote, Army doctors found atropine, a derivative of belladonna, a deadly poison, in 1947-48. Still, two problems plagued the Army: preventing panic and administering the antidote efficiently in cast of a raid...
...Panic prevention was a matter of time and education...
Expert Witness. In Los Angeles, when a holdup man handcuffed Tailor Manuel Hassel and walked off with three pairs of trousers, three pairs of socks and $60 in cash, Hassel refused to panic, later supplied police with the bandit's weight, coat size, waist measurement, shoe and sock sizes...
...Zapiáin, Bishop of the Canary Islands, who attacked the philosopher as an "enemy of the religious faith common to all Spaniards." It also quoted a 1942 decree in which the then Bishop of Salamanca listed the books of Unamuno that were on the Index. In a sudden panic, the university changed the name of the Unamuno house, which was to be opened as a museum, to the Casa Rectoral. It canceled plans to visit Unamuno's grave, rescinded invitations to his relatives, barred the mention of his name in the program. Then university officials sat back...
...President has said that we must avoid a panic in this country over the prospect of hydrogen warfare, and he is right. But here again there is a large gap between knowledge and panic; Americans have in the past absorbed defense education without falling into blinding fear. The administration has perhaps dwelt too long on the fable of the boy who cried wolf without reason and needlessly alarmed his neighbors. It would be well to consider also the boy who saw the wolf but neglected to cry out; he was devoured quickly and silently...