Word: panic
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...Bergman must have been surprised at the acclaim for works so personal, they seemed like primal screams, picking at the scabs of his psyche. "The demons are innumerable, appear at the most inconvenient times and create panic and terror," he said in a 2001 interview. "But I have learned that if I can master the negative forces and harness them to my chariot, then they can work to my advantage." Through his unforgiving artistry, the interior monologues of a tortured intellectual achieved an international impact. His films spoke not just to the self-absorption of the therapy generation...
WHAT TO THINK Sydney officials, at least, are being pilloried by local newspapers, especially after advising that pet owners stow cats in pillowcases. Critics think this is all just fearmongering for political gain, designed to instill a bit of panic before Australia's upcoming general elections...
...city that knows it is a constant target for terror, the huge burst of white steam, a towering column of almost biblical ferocity, was enough to kindle several moments of panic. An underground pipe explosion near Grand Central Terminal during rush hour Wednesday evening spooked commuters and tourists alike in New York City. "The whole ground was shaking," one young woman heading away from the scene said into her cell phone. "It just came from nowhere," said another, "and then everyone was yelling, 'get out of here...
...There were reports last week of people fleeing Mutitjulu, the 500-strong community which will be the first stop for the army and police, but one long-time social worker there says she's seen no such panic. "They aren't frightened of the police and the army, and they're not running off to the sand hills," she says. "I don't think many women will have any problem with having extra police around." Rather, there's cautious optimism that this time, help might be coming. Pearson has called for skeptics to give the Howard intervention a chance...
...drugs is about controlling people, not crime. Drugs have largely been defined by their links to vice and bacchanalia—from Homer’s lotus eaters (rescued from Lethe and lethargy) to modern pill-popping clubbers—which sets off a hand-wringing moral panic rather than rational thought. Perhaps the social externalities of drug use exceed the costs of prohibition, but the war on drugs usually isn’t justified by such cost-benefit analysis...