Word: panic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Much of the discussion of vulture scenarios is being prompted by sheer panic among officeholders who fear that a weak presidential candidate will drag down the whole ticket. Like opening-night stage fright, that panic could dissipate as voting begins and, perhaps, one of the present candidates proves stronger than anyone expected...
...stop, there was an air last week of quiet confidence, of mountain self-containment. The absence of a center of action -- Albertville, nominal host of the Games, is a Bovaryville with a population smaller than that of Rockefeller Center in New York City -- tended to diffuse the sense of panic and excitement, as did the cold reality of 10 sites scattered across 620 sq. mi. of mountainside. These genuinely did seem the small-town Games, the Games of one-lane roads and gyms turned into press centers. True, the main street of Albertville had become a huge window display...
...schedule now seems far too leisurely. Last week's grim news spurred new public warnings and calls for faster action. In Denmark an Environment Ministry spokesman went on television to urge fellow Danes not to panic -- but to use hats and sunscreen. German Environment Minister Klaus Topfer called on & other countries to match Germany's pledge to stop CFC production by 1995. Greenpeace activists in Britain met with Prime Minister John Major and implored him to halt the manufacture of all CFCs immediately...
Moreover, skepticism, relativism and plain confusion, rather than an inspiring non-religious vision, have rushed in to fill the gap. It is no wonder that the fact of being in the world, and in the body, fills people with panic and uncertainty...
...think we all know we have to trim expenses, in all departments, across the board," the sociology professor says. "I haven't noticed any panic...