Despite such fears, individual investors did not react nervously yesterday, according to officials at some of the largest mutual fund organizations.

A clap of thunder sounded in the distance, which made the horses react nervously.

"Tourism is a very volatile industry, which reacts nervously to current events," said one hotel manager.

But many investors are apparently skeptical that Intel can keep it up, and the stock market often reacts nervously to any bad news.

Film studios are reacting nervously to the threat of a strike.

These days, world oil markets are nervously reacting to changing politics, the most obvious cause of instability.

He acknowledged that "some Americans are reacting nervously" to the Soviet diplomacy.

The dignitaries of the small village react nervously, and want the whole thing hushed up.

Bates reacted nervously, as though he were impaled on the end of Minor's pointing finger.

Then, as the detective had expected, the girl reacted nervously when he described the murder.