Word: panic
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...giant Ms. Pac-Man colony. But the most vexing problem endures. And it is not signage or architecture or traffic flow. It's us. Large groups of people facing death act in surprising ways. Most of us become incredibly docile. We are kinder to one another than normal. We panic only under certain rare conditions. Usually, we form groups and move slowly, as if sleepwalking in a nightmare...
...navigate an entirely new and un-grid-like city, adjusted to life without round-the-clock pizza delivery, and come to appreciate the charm of Boston’s brick-laden, cobbled-street neighborhoods. Despite the grudging fondness I’ve developed for Beantown, when senior job panic rolled around, I spent my fall submitting applications, racking up frequent flier miles, and assuming this July would see me safely back in the City, where I belonged...
Certainly I agree with you that we must preserve a sense of proportion and not panic over the spread of AIDS [WORLD, Oct. 28]. After all, American aid has caused far more deaths in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Guatemala, Chile, El Salvador and Nicaragua, and no remedy has yet been found for this disease, in spite of efforts in Congress. Graham Greene Antibes, France Middle-Aged...
...week progressed, fears of a second disaster sent occasional flashes of panic through the shell-shocked rescue camps. When President Betancur helicoptered into Mariquita for a second visit to the devastated zone, he encountered just such a scene. Said a local witness: "People were crying desperately, seeking out refuge in places that were more secure, while a vehicle with a loudspeaker rolled through the streets urging them to evacuate in order to avoid another Armero." Betancur struggled to restore calm. "Please, please, no more unfounded rumors," he exhorted. "We cannot be overcome by panic...
Initially, however, the Tigers lived up to their billing. Princeton jumped out of the start with a half-boat-length lead, holding four seats over the Crimson in the race’s opening strokes. But Harvard didn’t panic, and by the time the Crimson settled into its base cadence, Princeton saw its early advantage start to slip away...