1.   Centering is a way of modulating down from the panic level, which impedes performance, or up from the lethargic level, which can be just as debilitating.

2.   Instead, their strategy, in addition to making a handsome living from pillage, seems to be to raise feelings of insecurity to the panic level.

3.   The jobless rate has not reached panic levels, but some business organizations already are discussing ways to minimize the impact.

4.   Public fears about the dangers of eating beef reached panic levels in France last month when it was discovered that potentially infected meat had made it to supermarket shelves.