Word: panic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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BEST THRILLS: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton -- Things go awry when scientists populate a theme park with bioengineered dinosaurs. The Power by James Mills -- From the author of The Panic in Needle Park. Spy Sinker by Len Deighton -- A plot to bring down East Germany: good idea...
...power of the technology. I was sitting in a room crowded with strangers, but within the space of my virtual reality, I was totally alone. So deeply immersed was I in the illusionary world projected in front of my eyeballs that I assumed everyone else was experiencing the same panic and frustration I was. In fact, they were oblivious. Perhaps that's the secret attraction in being able to explore your own personal inner space. In the world of virtual reality, your anxiety is all your...
...angrily debating whether the government should release its huge civilian stockpiles. The issue is dividing the leadership. "The masks were intended for these times," insists Foreign Minister David Levy. Shamir and Arens apparently disagree, and have postponed a final decision, fearing that any such move would cause panic or convince Baghdad that Israel is preparing to attack...
Leftist radicals who think capitalism thrives on war must have wondered what on earth to make of last week. The prospect of combat in the Persian Gulf touched off something resembling panic throughout the financial world. Stock prices sank rapidly in New York City, Tokyo, London, Paris, Frankfurt. At the lows on Thursday, shares of all U.S. stocks had lost more than $600 billion in paper value in slightly over a month, more than in the Black Monday crash of October 1987; on the Tokyo exchange, cumulative losses since the start of the year came to well over $1 trillion...
...showdown in the Persian Gulf has touched off a panic. In a month, investors in the U.S. have lost more than $600 billion. -- California debates a thicket of environmental proposals...