Word: triggered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While the U.S. and continental Europe began their economic upturns, Britain continued for months to wallow in the trough of recession. In fact, other countries feared that Britain's economic woes-notably, a galloping inflation and a weakening pound-might trigger a new international economic crisis. But as the new year began, it was evident that Britain, though still lagging behind other nations, has firmly entered the recovery stage. The three major signs...
...Ford seemed to undermine the Government's claim that Fromme actually pulled the trigger of her automatic in an effort to kill him. The President said he could not recall hearing the gun click. Virga argued that his client had no intention of killing Ford, but simply wanted to get publicity for her concerns about the environment and her efforts to free Manson...
...high-pitched voice and is the teaser and clown of the front four, letting out jungle cries in practice, needling Joe Greene about the publicity he gets, and booming to reporters, "I am the epitome of masculinity." But just beneath the engaging extravert there is a hair-trigger temper and barely repressed violence. "There are circumstances," he says, "when I can get so angry and pissed-off that I'll do damage if I don't cool down fast...
Sophomore Moot returned linemate Nolen's favor for a 3-0 Harvard edge in the early-going of the second period. While absorbing a heavy check, Moot managed to spot Nolen all alone in the left slot. Nolen pulled the trigger on the scintillating bang-bang pass play...
...House and Senate on Dec. 13. From one end of the continent to the other, the public was stunned-and Whitlam's Labor Party supporters were outraged. In Canberra, the federal capital, Kerr's action was being assailed as a "legal coup d'etat" that could trigger the most bitter election campaign in Australian history...