Word: panic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...their part, black leaders conceded that even though the school system did not have to cope with the black majority that makes fearful whites elsewhere talk of moving away, instant integration of its 40% black student body might create panic. Thus they agreed to let nine of Mobile's presently all-black schools remain segregated until 1973. Another key to the success of Mobile's plan is its system of "split zones." which preserve at least a semblance of the neighborhood school system. A zone that includes black and white neighborhoods is drawn around each school, permitting the majority...
...Their ball control game was on in that quarter," Erickson said. "You know, if they settle down and play their game I don't see how any team can beat them, but, the impression I got today is that they might panic in the clutch...
Middle-age panic is an adrenaline that flows through many American novels. The hero's symptoms seldom vary. The taste of a stale marriage is on his lips. A run-of-the-treadmill job is under his feet. Falling hair is in his comb, and gray rather than great expectations cloud his eyes. Literary ways of dealing with this theme naturally vary. The approach chosen by Luke Rhinehart for his first novel is to consider the middle-age heebie-jeebies as a condition of the soul, angst-laden with boredom and despair...
...Panic and Frustration...
...were hitting the ball long out of panic and frustration," Wilmot said. "Penn is big and strong at the back, and clever at midfield, and they were able to take advantage...