Do circuit breakers calm nerves and allow cool heads to prevail, which is the ambition, or do they merely intensify panic when markets reopen?
The group of 50 teenagers was set to depart in early July for a cultural and historic immersion program, but when the MERS outbreak began to intensify, panicked parents called in droves to cancel.
I have never tried Prozac, because even the idea intensified my panic, so I don't know about that.
New rules limiting trades had been imposed, and the glut of silver on the open market intensified the panic that led to the price collapse.
If there is a party-political point to be made, it is that the Tories, ahead of the election, recklessly intensified the panic among those people who owned assets.
If the White House and Congressional leaders seem incapable of reaching a deal, that might cause significant market panic, intensifying the economic blow from the tax increases and the spending cuts.
As the search intensified, Mr. Aron panicked, according to testimony, and suffocated the boy before chopping him up.
If the panic intensifies, it may come to that.
Worse, the cyclone, which hit Myanmar's main rice-growing areas, may intensify the worldwide panic over rice supplies, which has already led to food riots in many countries (see article).
This is true if only because such power can always be wrested away from us, and knowing this is bound to bring an intensified level of panic into someone's decision-making process -- even a trained professional's.
Jane Foley, analyst at Rabobank, said: "Fears that global growth is slowing have been intensified by panic that the European debt crisis is intensifying".
