Word: panic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...burden must be borne by the 14,000 controllers in towers and control centers. By intensive training and concentration, these highly trained men have learned to control as many as 21 radar blips?each representing an airplane?at a time. They have learned to steel themselves against confusion and panic, no matter how extreme the emergency. They have developed an intense but quiet pride in their talents, their responsibility and their record...
...hardly surprising that Monro and Pusey work well together, for it was the President who originally chose Monro for the job. Pusey lets the dean run his own shop. "For Mr. Pusey," Monro said recently, "the name of the game is stability--he doesn't panic, he doesn't lose his cool...and he doesn't needle you and tell you what to do." Monro appreciate this freedom, and, in a sense, he understands that it must be reciprocated. He rarely oversteps his bounds. He offers his opinions, but can be counted upon to carry out a decision in which...
...Travel always means trouble in squash," Barnaby said. "We haven't had a good road trip all year. My only hope is that we've gotten used to adverse galleries and will be less likely to panic...
Powerful Conquerors. The 316,000 Maltese have good reason for panic. Historically, they have largely relied on the patronage of their powerful conquerors. Among them were the Phoenicians, who sailed ashore about 1400 B.C., the Carthaginians, the Romans and the French. The island has no oil or other resources, no agriculture and little industry. Thus, without a military base Malta is not much more than a legacy of ancient glories. To survive, it imports six times what it exports, and can pay for it only with the pounds brought by British sailors...
...touched her. But by a vote of 2 to 1, a three-judge city criminal court without a jury convicted her on all charges. Last week she received a suspended sentence, on grounds of her "generally favorable" probation report and the assumption that she "acted in panic." But the prosecution had unquestionably made its point. "A lot of people didn't know tear-gas guns are illegal," explained Prosecutor Jeffrey Atlas. "Well, they know now." Unfortunately for Raven Novie, the lesson also includes a permanent criminal record...