Word: panic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...panic, I called her and had her explain the rules...
Eigen tells the story of a typical pre-medprank: "Years ago, premed students used to givesomething to some guy to change the color of hisurine," he says. "It's coming out blue and the guyis in a panic. Why do that? Because they have thestuff...
...capitalism never collapsed before, they will think, but with all these unregulated "derivatives" you may have read about -- trillions of dollars in bets by financial institutions that could conceivably fly out of control -- and with whatever geopolitical disaster happens to be threatening at the time ... Well, these investors will panic and sell, retrieving maybe $600 for | every $1,000 they invested, but just wanting the certainty of cash...
Norville Barnes is an egregiously stupid heartland boy hoping to land a job in the Big Apple, but the only place the requires no experience is Hudsucker (bloodsucker) Industries. No sooner does he start work in the mail room than panic is visited upon the board of directors. Hudsucker's CEO and chief stockholder kills himself from 44 floors up, leaving his half share of Hudsucker stock for sale and possible public ownership. De facto chairman Sydney Mussberger (Paul Newman) moves to elect a complete imbecile president so Wall Street will panic, and the stock will plunge. Barnes proves himself...
...more than almost anything else. Since the 1987 crash gave way to a new boom, millions of investors have put a few thousand dollars each into the market, mostly by way of mutual funds. The great majority are getting their first bitter taste of a down market. If they panic and sell out, they could turn a downward spiral into a genuine crash...