Word: panic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Restic said that containment of the UMass attack would be especially important in light of the "greenness" of the Harvard squad. "With a young team like we have, if we let them break a big play on us, our less experienced players may panic...
Comrade Messiah? As it was, the only negative sentiment was voiced by former Party Secretary-General Arieh Eliav. "This program is brought before us with the lashing of the whip of time and the scourge of haste and panic!" he shouted. "There are many in this land whose souls weep in silence because of this document. I will be the voice of the ideological Jewry of silence and never, at no price and in no forum, will I ever vote for this document." Sneered Golda Meir: "I have lived through 50 years of political activity and never before have...
...University reacted to the decision with a bit of panic and paranoia, since the University has not yet decided whether to cooperate with the power company. The idea of selling the land to Con Ed caused considerable controversy both in the University and around it, since the building of the power project has been tied up in battles with environmentalists for the last ten years...
...panic, no one was hurt in Mexico City, and only minor damage was reported. The epicenter of the quake, however, was located 150 miles southeast of the capital. There the shock proved devastating. As rescue work got under way, government officials feared that the death toll, initially estimated at 400, could reach 1,000. The quake also injured more than 4,000 people and left nearly 25,000 homeless...
...idea of calling a world commodity conference to work out international methods of controlling the speculative buying that has helped to rocket prices upward. That seems a good idea, but the Administration is opposed to outright allocation of scarce foods and raw materials between countries, and international panic buying may be unstoppable without that...