Word: panic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Pell denied that the SDS anti-ROTC campaign had any affect on students' desire to join ROTC. He said that the decline in applications was merely evidence that the panic caused by last year's cancellation of graduate deferments had subsided...
...Panic Button...
After the cancellation, Pell said, "Graduate students thought they were going to be drafted and pressed the panic button. But when they saw that everyone was not called up, pressure to get into uniform and beat the draft was lessened...
JOHN BRYANT fought through the fuzz of last night's sleeping pill as the 7 a.m. newsman, activated by the clock-radio, flicked through the details of yesterday's muggings, liquor-store holdups and sniper attacks. John groped for the light switch-and inadvertently brushed against the "panic button" on the $700 Tel-Guard alarm console connected to his telephone. Obediently, the system silently dialed the operator and automatically began repeating a recorded message: "Emergency at 250 Lincoln Street. Emergency at 250 Lincoln Street...
...those of the rest of the week. They called for three groups of students--one to picket classes, one to march in front of the chancellor's office, and one to move around on streets blocking traffic. The blacks gave only three direct instructions, "Remain mobile, don't panic, don't get maced." Students were supposed to show their numbers but not to demonstrate their force, for the blacks needed only numbers to win the psychological battle with the university over the popularity of their demands...