Word: panic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...local bar, the Lion's Head. One day he tried a more circuitous route, walking along different streets. Midway to the bar he broke out in a cold sweat, suffering from heart palpitations, jelly legs and vertigo. "I had no control over my body," he said. "It was total panic...
...problem is that behavior modification works better with specific limited phobias?say, of dogs or birds?than with the generalized panic of agoraphobia. Says Dr. Claire Weekes of Sydney, Australia, a specialist in agoraphobia: "Agoraphobia is not a true phobia. It's one phase of an anxiety state." Weekes, author of Simple, Effective Treatment of Agoraphobia, has treated 1,200 agoraphobics in person and 4,000 more with records, tapes and letters. In her opinion, behaviorists are on the wrong track when they train agoraphobics to avoid panic. Says she: "Recovery lies in the attack itself and learning to cope...
...panic, even though a SALT deadline expires
Some time back, one of those old Washington mastodons so roundly attacked by the Carter campaigners made a few phone calls in the capital and out over the nation. By his count, the Democrats in Congress were near panic and a majority of Carter's own Cabinet was against Lance. Funny thing, he sighed, only the White House seemed unknowing...
Leprosy was imported into Hawaii by Chinese laborers in the 1840s. The bacterium, Mycobacterium leprae, found a fertile field in the Polynesian population, which, with no prior exposure to the disease, had no natural defenses. Soon hundreds of new cases were being reported annually. The panic that had swept Europe during its epidemics centuries earlier was repeated in Hawaii. In 1865, King Kamehameha V ordered all lepers confined to the most desolate part of his realm, the volcanic, 14-sq.-mi. peninsula of Kalaupapa jutting northward from the coast of Molokai. The first 35 patients were landed in January...