Word: panic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There were other unpleasant surprises for the U.S.-the feeble armament, the initial weakness and panic of the South Koreans; the fact that the mere appearance of the first U.S. troops in the line failed to turn the tide of battle; the failure of light bazookas, 105-mm. howitzers and, finally, of Sherman tanks to stop the Red armor. The inexorable advance of invaders against defenders who had complete command of the air was something new under...
...Panic or Apathy. The problem was complex. The job required building and maintaining for an indefinite future a vast, complex organization that would be needed, no one knew when, that might never be needed at all. Uncertainty posed a psychological dilemma. Keeping civilians in a constant state of fear would produce impossible local demands on government, provoke the panic in an emergency which would compound catastrophe. Kept in a state of induced calm-even if that were possible-people would get apathetic...
...wounded and the panic-stricken would be led or carried out. The aimless would be guided into hotels, other havens marked with red, white & blue signs: "This is the emergency welfare center for this area." Evacuees would be routed into tunnels that were still open, over bridges that were still intact-carried to nearby communities by trains, buses, taxis, autos. Soup kitchens would be set up. Registration points would be established to record the names of the homeless...
...booklets are all right. But people have to be trained. When a guy runs by with half his face blown off and blood running down his shirt front, the booklets won't mean much. Then is the time that training and a job to do can keep down panic. People will have to learn that their survival depends on everyone keeping his wits about him and learning not only to help his neighbor but to rely on his neighbor's help. Everyone must become his brother's keeper...
...Panic in the Streets. Director Elia Kazan's realistic thriller about a New Orleans manhunt for a criminal who is also an unwitting plague-carrier; with Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas (TIME...