Word: paranoia
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...contract a virus, however, by executing a file that comes attached to an e-mail message, but that is not what any of these warnings claim, and it is not what has caused paranoia across the Internet for years...
...billboards and government warnings appear to be paying off: HIV infections among young women dropped 35% between the periods 1990-1993 and 1994-1995. Elsewhere in Africa, however, and in some parts of Asia, similar programs have stalled, due to a combination of poverty, official indifference and, at times, paranoia. As a result, public understanding of even the most basic information about AIDS is still piecemeal. Most of those dying from the disease in rural parts of Africa have no clear idea of what is killing them, let alone how to prevent...
...factness was inevitable: the sheer passage of time dilutes horror. The earliest AIDS deaths were accompanied by roaring panic. My friend Eric, a stage manager and haberdashery salesclerk, died in '86. His extreme weight loss and hollow-cheeked pallor gave him a look of near theatrical decay, and his paranoia and memory loss were not then recognized as symptoms of dementia. He was surprisingly granted a luxurious room in a Manhattan hospital, with a uniformed guard at the door; we later discovered that the staff was being extra cautious because another AIDS patient had jumped from the roof...
...play opens with Daisy (Jennifer M. Iacono, a Princeton graduate and Belmont resident), a light-headed waitress who talks of hearing voices and has a paranoia of strangers. She begins by describes a life-altering dream that compelled her to become a painter. Regardless of how unstable her life may be, Daisy is determined to keep on painting until she gets it right. Having one clear goal in a sea of unpredictablity becomes a theme throughout the rest of the play. After Daisy's monologue, a customer named Jane (Dani D. Krasner '97) and her daughter Azalea (Phoebe Search...
...anachronistically masculine Norris. Now in its fifth season, Walker is regularly ranked among the nation's 20 most popular shows, and last week it drew more viewers than the much higher-profile NYPD Blue or Frasier. Conspiracy-minded fans of The X-Files, Fox's mercilessly hyped ode to paranoia, might want to note that each week Walker claims about 2.5 million more viewers than their show. Is there a reason that Walker gets no respect...