Word: panic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ambience just doesn't come across. TV's idea of conveying the atmosphere, the jumble, the ebb-and-flow relaxed panic that permeates the Open (and its home since last year, the National Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y.) and distinguishes it from some taped pseudo-spectacular from the Rio Spectaculo Beach Resort, is a quick pan from the Goodyear blimp, or a quick aside from Tony Trabert...
...terse five-minute statement, Carter confirmed that "we are seriously pursuing this issue with the Soviet Union." But the Soviet force, he stressed, is not an assault force and does not have the capability to attack the U.S. Concluded the President: "This is a time for firm diplomacy, not panic and not exaggeration...
...week of panic buying pushes prices to historic highs
...over political uncertainties, global inflation and the fluctuating fortunes of the dollar, though it had dropped only slightly by week's end. European investors as well were eagerly acquiring gold because energy-induced inflation has been weakening the value of even their own "hard" currencies. A binge of panic buying by Southeast Asian investors, worried about reports of heightened tensions between China and Viet Nam, further pushed up demand. Many big U.S. investors were also acquiring gold as a hedge...
...that increase simply reflected higher prices. Moreover, Americans are still piling on installment debt at the brisk rate of $5 billion a month. Indeed, by the end of June they were in the hole for a record total of $292.5 billion, which is hardly a sign of consumer panic...