The man froze, a panicky look on his face.
For that to happen, it needs an intervention fund big enough to face down panicky markets.
I felt like an untethered astronaut lost in space, trying to keep from giving in to a panicky madness in the face of too much black.
The panicky consumer is then faced with the choice of dumping digital electronics and becoming a Luddite, or learning about camera technology and taking control of purchasing decisions.
So Professor Berg, faced with panicky accusations he was breeding some kind of Andromeda strain, temporarily halted his own research and helped impose a moratorium.
He will get panicky and will look more.
Stoppard gallantly pressed on, and I have a vivid memory of him, desperate in the gathering dusk, frantically shuffling his precious pages and brandishing his cards, like a panicky magician whose tricks are blowing up in his face.
But, even as he said this, a panicky realization of its absurd irrelevance seemed to pass across his face, and then a realization of its pathos.
Employers facing double-digit premium increases are "starting to get panicky," said Janet Trautwein, policy director of the National Association of Health Underwriters, an insurance agents group.
Toyota dealers across the country faced a cacophony of messages on Wednesday: calls from panicky customers wondering whether their cars needed repair, pages of marching orders faxed from corporate headquarters, e-mail messages from salesmen asking if paychecks would be trimmed.
