Firms are not panicked into laying off workers they might otherwise have to hire back again at great cost.

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"We're not panicked about it, " Spoelstra said.

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Bogart says most employers asked workers to tell them if they planned to take the day off, and he says he did not get a single panicked phone call from growers.

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When this plan was not working, they panicked.

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When he did not see her, he panicked.

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He told a panicked man in Wisconsin not to be too frightened about the economic crisis: America would pull through.

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The markets panicked because they could not determine who was going to fail next, how the failure would be handled or whether anyone was in charge.

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The days of false alarms and panicked evacuations from New York towers were not yet over.

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Prosecutor Philip Mott QC said because the signalman did not want the farmer to wait any longer, Maund "panicked" and lifted the barriers, but failed to see the Manchester Piccadilly to Milford Haven train approaching.

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This made people even more panicked and many began to hoard food on their plates, with nearly half of it not being consumed.

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During initial interviews with police, Mr Fraser said he "panicked" because he had been arrested on suspicion of a serious offence and because he did not have a firearms licence.

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