Word: panic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Battle of the Marne was lost by panic," said Grivas. "What helped us was to keep calm." Once, hearing a British patrol, he dived behind a bush. Not two yards away a British tommy shouted, "Here! Here!" "Although I was getting ready to die with honor," said Grivas, "the tommy was only calling to his friends to move on." Another time, Grivas was bathing in a stream when British troops appeared near by. He hid naked behind tall reeds until the British moved on. "They came that close to us many times...
...magic moment of the bubble-when the pressure on the inside of the car equaled that on the outside. Kliphuis slowly turned the door handle, which now opened easily, shot through the opening and surfaced. "You have to persuade the pupils to wait for the bubble and not panic," explained Teacher Herman Vos. "That's all there...
Four professors last night expressed opinions on Berlin ranging from "no panic" to "the Russians will keep up the pressure...
Although not agreeing with the President's handling of the Berlin trouble, Herbert J. Spiro '50, assistant professor of Government, said "I wouldn't panic over the Krushchev ultimatum, if you can call it that." He asserted that the Soviet Premier's suggestion to let the United Nations play a role in the East-West conflict was worth consideration by the United States. According to Spiro, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's trip to Moscow helped relations...
Ringing the tocsin at this point is unhealthy, but it must be realized that if both East and West hold to their present claims there will be conflict. Since even the panic and patchwork diplomacy of Secretary Dulles is virtually unavailable, it is imperative that effective leadership be installed in the State Department...