Word: panic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Said he: "It is a wonder that we sit here in our new House of Europe, calmly discussing our plans for the future happiness and concord of our peoples and their moral and cultural ideals. It is a wonder, but at least it is better than getting into a panic...
...feed itself and nearly half of the world's 2 billion people; this time, it was feeding only itself and maybe some Koreans. Besides, it already had large surpluses in the cupboard (see BUSINESS). Sugar hoarding was unnecessary and foolish. Barring the kind of panic buying that brings on the controls that nobody wants, there should be enough meat and other foods, gasoline, sheets, soap, cooking fats, men's shirts, nylons, cigarettes, liquor, and women's & children's clothing. (Apparel wool for men's suits is not so plentiful, but probably adequate...
Gibney cabled: "Lieut. Jim Little, driving in the lead jeep, suddenly found himself staring down the barrel of a 50-caliber, machine gun only 45 feet away. His panic-stricken Korean interpreter jumped out and the G.I. driver threw up his hands to surrender. Both were cut down by a merciless blast from the machine gun. A Red soldier then jumped into the road and drew a bead on Little with his rifle. Luckily, the weapon jammed. Little had time to duck into the shelter of a house by the roadside. Said he, later, 'I could see every inch...
Among the quiet Korean soldiers on the field there was no panic. "We will win. We will win," they said. They smiled the words with confidence. They meant them. At the same time, they did not disguise their worry. Against planes and tanks they wanted American help-and it then seemed far away...
...depends on espionage laws, loyalty oaths, and FBI investigations . . . I assure you that these measures are evil and enervating, for they are against the traditions of both science and of the free society in which we live. Let us keep these police measures to a minimum and not allow panic or politics to extend them to areas where they are not needed...