Word: panic
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...amazing that the U.S., the most open society in the world, has so far been the safest. But most experts on terrorism agree that America will be the next target. From this point on, caution and a keen sense of awareness should be used. To succumb to fear and panic is not the answer. The terrorists' assumption that taking Americans as hostages humiliates us is sad and ludicrous. The U.S. will never be brought to its knees by terrorists, nor can we be shamed by those who adhere to religious and political fanaticism. Clay E. Ewing Goliad, Texas...
According to the study, one in four alumni had experienced PTSD in the previous 12 months and more than half had experienced at least one mental health problem such as depression, social phobia, or panic syndrome...
...people spent hours waiting for a tsunami that never came. In Nias, the fear of a tsunami probably cost many lives of people who were trapped in rubble because their relatives had headed for high ground. The local government was paralyzed from the start. "The officials were in a panic that there would be another tsunami," says Bachtiar Chamsjah, Indonesia's Minister for Social Affairs. "They all left their work." Some locals who fled to higher ground came to regret it for another reason. Housewife Yohanna Duha and her 20-year-old daughter ran to the hills after the earthquake...
Ashley Lajeunesse was doing math homework in study hall when she heard the first shotgun blast. She thought it was a student dropping a stack of textbooks. Then came another bang. Then another. The other students in the room looked up in sudden, knowing panic. No one could speak. The teacher in charge, Neva Rogers, walked to the door, turned the lock and shut off the lights. She too sensed what was happening. A gunman was in the school, and he was heading their...
...prices in the downtown area by more than 40% since November. Still, many investors feel compelled to buy. "They don't want to miss the boat," says Albert Lau, managing director of Savills Property Services in Shanghai, who describes the past two months as a time of "impulsive, panic buying...