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  • The clinical group of psychoses included under the designation paranoic conditions is far from being homogeneous.

    A Study of Association in Insanity Grace Helen Kent

  • Associated with populism, therefore, was a combination of attitudes made up of a curious blend of racism, nativism, and provincialism—attitudes that helped to explain the fears of agricultural and rural America that later manifested themselves in national paranoic scares.

    Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob 1967

  • Associated with populism, therefore, was a combination of attitudes made up of a curious blend of racism, nativism, and provincialism—attitudes that helped to explain the fears of agricultural and rural America that later manifested themselves in national paranoic scares.

    Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob 1967

  • But they -- they're kind of paranoic, and they think the press is out to get them, so there would be people close to the family who would say, ` No, the family doesn't want me to talk -- the family said -- the family asked everybody, "Don't talk to Dan Baum,"'and there were people who said, ` No, I'm not going to talk to you.

    Citizen Coors: An American Dynasty 2000

  • I'm a gun nut, dammit, not a wingnut ... not a neo anything ... not a radical "fill in the blank" and not a paranoic.

    Why Are The Ammo Shelves Empty? What, Exactly, Are People Afraid Of? 2009

  • I live in a red state where I hear the paranoic theories and irrational fears about Democrats 'challenges to the 2nd Amendment three times a week just standing at the counter at Walmart.

    Why Are The Ammo Shelves Empty? What, Exactly, Are People Afraid Of? 2009

  • Beyond serving as a showcase for two frequently paired stars- Lancaster as a power-mad general, Douglas as a principled whistle-blower--the movie works because in the context of the paranoic Cold War era, the premise feels all-too-plausible.

    John Farr: Kirk Douglas Turns 95! John Farr 2011

  • I live in a red state where I hear the paranoic theories and irrational fears about Democrats 'challenges to the 2nd Amendment three times a week just standing at the counter at Walmart.

    Why Are The Ammo Shelves Empty? What, Exactly, Are People Afraid Of? 2009

  • I'm a gun nut, dammit, not a wingnut ... not a neo anything ... not a radical "fill in the blank" and not a paranoic.

    Why Are The Ammo Shelves Empty? What, Exactly, Are People Afraid Of? 2009

  • For those of you that also do not know me, I am an unknown High School Math teacher, paranoic about those 2 monsters and the cell phones.

    Google at Age 10 - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

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