Word: panic
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...with graphic zeal that stirs more repulsion than pity. At regular intervals, some random victim will appear and proceed to die horribly in spite of all Angelo's heroic efforts, suspending the viewer in a permanent state of ghoulish expectation. Those not killed by the cholera are reduced to panic-stricken animals, ready to turn on anyone suspected of spreading the dread disease. Oddly enough, this aspect of human nature is portrayed in a purely comic manner, highlighted by a brief but very funny cameo appearance of Gerard Depardieu as the harried mayor of a cholerastricken town. However, this humor...
...admits, "A lot of times I hold off hiring because once you've hired someone, it's very hard to get rid of them." Or to keep them. Germany, with some of the top manufacturing pay in the world ($32 an hour, including fringe benefits), is in a panic over rising joblessness, at 11.1% the highest since World War II, because investment is moving to lower-cost places...
BRUSSELS: The European Commission decided Wednesday to uphold a ban on the export of British beef to the 15-nation European Union and third countries. The decision followed a period of indecision and retraction earlier this week as Europe and Britain reeled under the weight of consumer panic over "mad cow disease", a bovine brain sickness which may be linked to a similar illness in humans. The prospect of a ban has already devastated the England's cattle industry, reports TIME's Helen Gibson: "As national hamburger chains like McDonald's and Burger King canceled their British beef orders, cattle...
...consume the diseased beef. TIME's Barry Hillenbrand reports that economists project that slaughtering the British cow herd would reduce the GDP by as much as 0.5 percent. "Economically, slaughtering the entire herd would be a disaster," says Hillenbrand. "Despite some very legitimate concerns, there is an air of panic to this situation...
...consumption of beef that is afflicted with the disease. Thirteen of the fifteen European Union Countries have already banned British meat. Two herds were slaughtered today in France as a measure to prevent the spread of the disease. "Despite some very legitimate concerns, there is an air of panic to this situation," notes Hillenbrand...