Word: panic
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...presumably have nine months to learn the ins and outs of childcare, but many unplanned pregnancies—and 49 percent of pregnancies are unplanned, according to studies cited by the Centers for Disease Control—result in something more akin to a Five-Month Panic; once the child is born, there’s no time to catch up on parenting tips...
...mind may not feel pain, but it does know when its wires are loose, and a different sort of pain comes from not being able to do anything about it. Memory loss (what's the capital of Wyoming again?) offers the most common example by evoking sudden panic. But it gets a lot worse. A college psych class I was barely in visited a mental hospital where psychiatrists interviewed several patients to demonstrate the relative severity of their illnesses. One was a former mathematics professor who, unlike the others, was calm as an evening lake in answering the doctors' questions...
...more time: That?s historically low, and no reason to panic. But it?s still getting higher, which means that every 0.1 percent uptick is another hole in the consumer-confidence dyke. The stream of announced layoffs from the corporate sphere hasn?t let up appreciably, and some Wall Streeters expect a whole new round of payroll cuts when upper management gets back from summer vacation...
Most deaths of 23-year-olds are pointless tragedies, which does not stop us from asking why they die. Giuliani lost his life through a witch's combination of rage, fear, panic, idealism and devil-may-care. He was on the streets of the port city because eight world leaders, including President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, were also there for their annual gabfest. Safely sequestered in a medieval palace a mile from the Piazza Alimonda, the issues they talked about--such as a possible world recession and global warming--were overshadowed by the mayhem. In much...
...from liposuction clinics and taco stands. The Norbert Wabnig Cheese Store of Beverly Hills has applied because, says Shivon Ryan, cheeses are "perishables and require refrigeration." (And who knows how many Angelenos might perish without goat cheese?) Sick Dog's Tattoo parlor in Westminster absolutely requires power to avoid "panic poking," according to owner Frank Salderelli. (NOTEBOOK's verdict: give it to him.) An unexplained mystery is why the Orange County Council of The Boy Scouts of America applied for a blackout exemption. Shouldn't they, of all people, rely on simply being prepared...