Word: panic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...then there was the man at the center, who has been tormented by political money since his first defeat in the 1980 Governor's race in Arkansas. Even when he was safely ahead, he would panic at the very end of his gubernatorial races, to the point of taking out personal loans from the likes of the Perry County Bank and ordering his chief fixer, Bruce Lindsey, to hand out tens of thousands of dollars in cash payments to encourage voter turnout in the Arkansas Delta. The last-minute push continues to this day: Washington lobbyists complain that Democratic fund...
...Happiness Is a Warm Gun. He does a Yokoized What's the New Mary Jane, a previously unreleased number with Lewis Carroll-like lyrics and avant-garde inventiveness. But there's also an urgent I'm So Tired, still one of Lennon's most potent songs--ennui, annoyance, panic and plea in two minutes flat. The mood of these sessions is serious fun. Songs tail into parody as the lads assume the IDs of sham bands: Ricky and the Red Streaks, or Los Paranoias ("Come on, enjoy...
...gain ground in California. So is this one last grab for the gold ring, as his campaign insists? Or is it a soberly calculated admission of defeat--and a final effort on behalf of the G.O.P. by a man who has devoted his life to his party? In a panic over the prospect of losing the Republican Congress, Republican National Committee chairman Haley Barbour and House Speaker Newt Gingrich have been pushing Dole toward California, where 52 House seats are up for grabs. Bearing down hard there means abandoning swing states elsewhere, so it could be damaging to whatever remains...
...late, I held my breath and prayed that the mysterious Yamamotosan would be there. I frantically searched the crowd for my savior, but to my utter dismay there was no sign bearing my name, and no indication of my host. I managed to wait for about 30 seconds until panic began to overtake me. Where was he?! My lower lip began to quiver as I realized I had no phone number, no address, and absolute no idea where I was going. I thought about calling home but then realized that a) I didn't know how to call home...
...decade ago, many a panic-disorder patient ended up as a tragic, misunderstood recluse. But today panic disorder is one of the most treatable mental illnesses. Studies have shown that 70% of patients benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, which includes breathing training, "cognitive restructuring" and "exposure therapy." Most patients can be helped by short-acting antianxiety drugs such as Xanax and long-acting antidepressants such as desipramine and imipramine...