Word: triggering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...convention-chimed in with its own flouting of the military code: henceforth, howled Hanoi, U.S. pilots downed over North Viet Nam would be regarded as "war criminals liable to go before tribunals," Nuremberg-style. The Saigon government, whose crackdown of Viet Cong terrorists was the nominal trigger of the Red reprisals, responded to the cruel dilemma. Last week, five criminals convicted of murder and rape were publicly executed in a downtown square. The life of a Viet Cong agitator was spared...
...craft unions, however, are sure to be heard from further. Only three of the nine have yet signed contracts with the Publishers Association, and any settlement satisfactory to the Guild might well trigger another round of negotiations for the newspapers, most of which can scarcely afford any more concessions. Last week the mailers flexed their muscles by refusing to send enough men to handle deliveries at two papers. "I am shocked that the orderly processes of collective bargaining are being interfered with by these damaging actions," said Publishers Association President John J. Gaherin. "This is bargaining with a piece...
...words were producing scare headlines about possible new violence, House Minority Leader Gerald Ford leaped at the opportunity to get even for the cracks that have been coming his way lately from the White House. He said the President's remarks amounted to "an invitation to trigger terrorism in the streets...
Marcom is busy finding more uses for its invention. Last May, a San Jose, Calif., burglar learned about one of them. When he slipped open the window of a house whose owner was away on vacation, he unknowingly tripped a trigger that set the diverter to silently dialing the police. When the cops answered the phone, the diverter sounded a coded buzz. By checking their key, the police could identify the source of the call, soon had a prowl...
Stagnation or Default? The economic Battle of Britain is only beginning. The pound faces another crisis in the fall, when seasonally unfavorable trade figures are likely to trigger another run on sterling. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research last week warned that Britain, by crimping its economy to balance its trade, is likely to suffer a halt in economic growth...