Word: panic
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...illness spread from its birthplace in southern China to put the world on alert. Yet with more than 4,800 cases in at least 26 countries to date, a disease that has rocked Asian markets, ruined the tourist trade of an entire region, nearly bankrupted airlines and spread panic through some of the world's largest countries has largely passed the U.S. by. Hospitals and schools were shut down last week in Beijing, thousands of people were put under quarantine, and rumors flew through the capital that martial law was about to be imposed. But in the U.S., only about...
...plan. It started with the death of the Serbian Prime Minister on March 12, but did not end there. After the Djindjic hit, the conspirators planned to lie low while the government teetered; then they would strike again - first Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic, then two top Djindjic aides. As panic spread, the special forces unit known as the Red Berets - some of whose commanders carried out the Djindjic murder - would step forward, posing as guardians of the peace. They would urge calm, and dispatch letters to local politicians and foreign diplomats offering their "assistance" against the wave of "terrorism...
...Thomas, a Royal Society University fellow who is researching molecular self-assembly, suggesting that even if self-replication were possible it's likely to be on a scale that's pretty harmless. A more realistic fear, at least for many who actually work in the field, is that unfounded panic could hold back important research. That's not good enough for Hope Shand, research director of ETC Group, a Canada-based social-advocacy organization that wants a global moratorium on nanotech research until health, safety and environmental tests are carried out. It was ETC Group's research into the dangers...
...less. One look at the numbers should be enough to convince careful legislators that the aid rape crisis centers provide is well worth the cost. When compared to the $3-billion spending gap, the elimination of $2.3 million from a vital public service can only be categorized as absurd panic cutting. If Romney meant his promise to stand up for the little guy, he can keep it by saving these centers and suspending the income tax rollbacks instead...
...campaigns, Jiang says medical officials told physicians they were "forbidden to publicize" the SARS death "in order to ensure stability." Physicians in Shanghai were instructed by the municipal health bureau not to wear masks in the hospital, except in isolation wards and a few select diagnostic rooms, to prevent panic...