Word: panic
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...alas, it’s not time to press the panic button yet. There is time to right the ship for the Crimson. Perhaps yesterday’s comeback win is just what this team needed to spark a second-half...
...Then, in Tikrit, panic broke out. Cars flew past us in the opposite direction, their drivers frantically waving for us to turn back. We went on a little further to see what was happening. Bad idea: Bullets whistled past us, much closer than we needed, and we pulled back a few hundred meters. People retreating from the area said it was the Ajil again. The tribesmen had dug in by the roadside, said they'd come under attack from looters, and were in a very ugly mood. The Ajil reinforced the point by spraying us again, from closer range. They...
...secrecy of the Chinese government, health officials could have acted a lot earlier. It was back in November that a mysterious respiratory illness began spreading through the southern province of Guangdong. Officials hushed up the outbreak to prevent panic, and by February at least 305 Guangdong residents had developed SARS, according to Chinese officials. More cases are thought to have appeared in Beijing and other cities. By the time China finally turned in a two-page report to WHO a month later, the disease was already on the move...
BORROW THE REST--WISELY. If you're still having trouble affording your favorite college, don't panic. Withdrawing retirement assets can inflate your income and hurt your future aid eligibility. Even working overtime to earn more can hurt you. Borrowing is often smarter, especially today. A PLUS (Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students) loan charges 4.86% interest, and that could fall (even on existing loans) with the annual rate review in July. For more on the loans, see finaid.org...
Proponents claim that legislation under the PATRIOT Act has worked well as a useful tool for effectively eradicating terrorism. Granted, the PATRIOT Act isn’t all bad, but it was written in haste during a period of anti-terrorism hysteria—its provisions responded to the panic of the time by granting the government overly-extensive powers. And many in Congress, uncomfortable with all of its provisions, voted for the act with the reassurance that the sunset clause would eliminate the legislation a few years later...