Word: panics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...early second-half goal put the Crimson in the lead, but UNH didn't start to panic until the final minutes, which were marked by heavy action around both goals...
...People do not panic in an emergency. People pull together," Feigenbaum said. He also dismissed the Hampton officers' conclusion that the evacuation plan is unworkable. He said the beaches can be evacuated. "It's done every weekend afternoon," Feigenbaum said...
...What set the bears running was fears of rising interest rates. On Wednesday, banks raised the prime lending rate from 8.75% to 9.25%, the highest level since early 1986. Even so, the panic fell short of the Big One. Tuesday's drop, though large in point size, represented a market decline of only 3.47% because of the market's high level, compared with a plunge of 12.8% in the Black Thursday crash...
...planned review brought a lash of criticism from left-wing delegates. "Champagne Socialism," they called the new thrust, grumbling that the party was abandoning its traditions to court the growing middle-class voters. Said Leftist Stalwart Tony Benn: "The part at the top is in a panic-stricken rout and is prepared to say almost anything in an attempt to pick up votes...
...edgy. Says Lester Thurow, dean of M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management: "For the U.S., it happens when our debts seem to be unreasonable to the rest of the world relative to our wealth, when we start looking like Brazil." At that point, some unexpected event could trigger a panic. Says Rohatyn: "The cause is utterly unpredictable. Some trading company in Hong Kong will go belly-up, or perhaps a bank in Luxembourg...