Word: panics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...less an Apollo rocket, but then as now a century was coming to an end. Mars was once widely believed to be inhabited by little green men, so when Orson Welles declared on the radio in 1938 that space invaders had landed, much of the nation went into a panic. And do not forget The Search for Bridey Murphy. Or the fad of talking to plants. Plus ca change...
Bizarre incidents like that left me petrified but unable to stop drinking. None of the growing physical pangs of alcoholism -- the retching, nervous spasms, sweaty and sleepless nights, dehydration -- matched the moments of hammering panic I felt every morning for months on end, as I tried to remember exactly what I had done the night before. At one point, terrified that I might kill someone with my car, I gave up driving, but never alcohol. Along with the fear came sudden rages -- at my wife, at my friends, at anyone who tried to stop me from drinking. My homelife became...
...intensive counseling, I am happy to acknowledge that I have a serious, progressive ailment, with no cure. Alcohol is no longer a terrifying, destructive force in my life. It is just another chemical, fine for you, perhaps, but deadly for me. I avoid it, but without a sense of panic or fear. Friends say I am a completely different person now. Only, sometimes, I remember the feelings of hopelessness and shame from those terrible years, and I still have to struggle to hold back the tears...
...ferry America' s high- tech secrets from West to East, authorities struggle to fortify an export- control system that is overloaded, underfunded and outdated. -- The crusaders against insider trading score an important victory in the Supreme Court. -- CBS sells its records division, making Sony Springsteen' s boss. -- In Mexico, panic pummels the peso...
...panic that set off the Black Monday stock-market plunge has faded, but for many investors the pain remains. To help those victimized by the crash, the North American Securities Administrators Association, an organization of state regulators, has set up a toll-free hotline number (1-800-942-9022). On the line are volunteer securities examiners, who tell callers how to contact the appropriate state regulator if they seem to have been duped by an unethical broker...