Word: panics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Among the Iranian prisoners were children, boys of twelve and 13, who wore the colors of the Revolutionary Guards. When the Iranians, who had fought their way to within eight miles of Basra, realized that they were surrounded on three sides by Iraqi forces, they reportedly broke ranks in panic. Some surrendered, later acknowledging to interrogators that they had been assured by their superiors that their victories inside Iran last spring would lead to further triumphs once they had entered Iraq." That may yet prove to be true, but it did not work out that way last week...
Water was in short supply for days. As taps were broken by angry crowds, the city seemed at tunes on the verge of panic. One evening, the manager of a West Beirut supermarket drove painstakingly along side streets through the no-man's land separating East and West Beirut. In East Beirut, where a sort of normality prevailed under Israeli occupation, he picked up a truckload of bottled water and returned with it after midnight to West Beirut. The next day he sold it at regular prices. As rumors of food shortages spread, people lined up for emergency supplies. Said...
...Israe lis were at their gates, that the time for a settlement was running out. Thousands fled to the safety of East Beirut and the countryside. Refugees from the south had already crowded into schools and arcades and commandeered apartments. In this tense setting, one automobile driver created a panic simply by leaving his old red Mercedes double-parked for a few minutes in front of a building packed with refugees. The danger: the car might contain an explosive charge. One mother, an infant in her arms, sprinted a block and, with tears running down her cheeks, hid behind...
...Ronald Reagan, unaware of his own serious wound, being shoved into his limousine as bullets zipped past him. A secret serviceman, brandishing a submachine gun, yelling wildly at crowds to keep back while his colleagues wrestled with the President's assailant. Another aide running through the midst of the panic, clutching a briefcase later identified as the presidential "black box"-controls for a potential national defense crisis...
...emphasis on a diploma and transcript has kept them from really enjoying college which is one of the most exciting experiences in life." Comments Roger Lehecka dean of students at Columbia: "These young people feel they must make career decisions immediately or be left out. This element of panic is unhealthy. They're making premature decisions." Northwestern Associate Provost John Margolis wishes for "a bit more willingness to try out unconventional ideas. These students are far less frivolous. They are also less joyous...