1.   As recently as five years ago, the NFL was in a panic over a shortage of young, talented prospects at quarterback.

2.   Authorities say the problem has proliferated in the past few years with record numbers of immigrants applying for naturalization, many in a panic over welfare and immigration reform.

3.   But nowhere is panic over renting more palpable than in the Hamptons.

4.   But the main panic over Sputnik was that America seemed suddenly, distressingly, vulnerable.

5.   Critics, however, see the bans as the bitter fruit of populist panic over useful products falsely accused of representing a danger to public health.

6.   Critics, though, say that public panic over an outbreak of smallpox would make ring vaccination implausible.

7.   Early in the season, there was the sudden panic over David Cone, who developed an aneurysm in his pitching arm and had to have an operation.

8.   Germany has had no human casualties, but panic over beef has been at a high level for weeks.

9.   Later in the season, there were the repeated panics over scoring deficits that seemed impossible to overcome.

10.   Many left in the widespread panic over news of the massacre in the Arab village of Dier Yassin.