Word: panics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...start a panic, but...wild elephants are loose in Medford...
...meet payments on the $97 billion it owes to foreign countries. Some economists now estimate that Mexico stands an 80% chance of defaulting on its mountain of debt. Several experts say that conditions are already more dire than in 1982, when a temporary Mexican default sent ripples of panic through the international financial system...
...left and started a direct descent toward the Athens airport. He told the tower, "I have a problem with one of the windows. I think it is going to break, and I request immediate priority for landing." Then he tried to calm the passengers. "Please don't panic. Our engines are O.K. We'll be landing in about ten minutes if nothing else goes wrong...
Director Benjamin's gift for this kind of comic invention (first hinted at in My Favorite Year) is now finely honed. Long is the adorable mistress of frazzled common sense. Hanks poises between panic and exasperation with the kind of weird aplomb Cary Grant used to manage, and Alexander Godunov, the dancer, proves himself a gifted comic actor as an egomaniacal symphony conductor. They are all comparatively new to film, and that makes their display of old, all but lost movie skills even more cheering. The medium may have a future after...
...violate medical confidentiality, but it opens the door for misunderstandings that could lead to discrimination. Instead of having a policy that singles them out, the city should treat those with AIDS similar to those with other serious illnesses, while educating all of us that there's no reason to panic...