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...America, share its vices and freedoms and gifts, surely would not want to destroy it. Athens Oct. 11, 2004 As Liu Xiang raced to victory in the 110-m hurdles at the Athens Olympics, his legs pumping to clock a world record-tying time of 12.91 sec., the panic in sports announcers' voices was palpable. Even though China had touted the 21-year-old Shanghai native as a medal hopeful, few in the West knew that China had a decent hurdler. Stunned by the victory, a Greek TV announcer stammered: "In first place, it's ? it's a Chinese...
...about a plane that had crashed into a building in Manhattan. “I rushed to look, and right there on the homepage of CNN was my apartment building,” Shemtov said. “I’ve never been in this sort of panic mode.” He began making frantic calls to locate his father and notified a fellow section member that he would not be able to make it to class. Shemtov later learned that his grandmother had been on her way to drop something off at the apartment when she found...
Just before the show, slight panic sets in. “Oh my God, this doesn’t really cover my butt that well,” Frommer says. Emergency safety pinning ensues. “I really want to wear this to a job interview. But then I’d either get the job or be blacklisted from banking forever,” Frommer says...
...panicking over some unimportant matter; I never saw him complain about the little setbacks that everybody experiences in his/her life. Hui was a “chill” person, calm and gentle, funny, responsible, kind and positive. From him, I learn this lesson today: don’t panic when life doesn’t run accordingly to your plans; always be positive and things will be alright...
...Wireless panic alarms could easily and inexpensively be made available in every school, especially for those responsible for access control. If a situation warranting concern arises, an alarm could be sounded to simultaneously alert the school and local law-enforcement officials...