Word: triggering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...still life of the party. But as the brothers deliver their lines, now entombed in comic-strip balloons, both timing and inflection-the soul of cinematic wit-vanish. Those unacquainted with the films cannot hope to comprehend the fond archaeology of Why A Duck? No, this is a trigger for memories, a bright souvenir for the ages-the ages well above 30. Plus those youthful Marxists who flyspeck television listings for sporadic, interrupted revivals. Other coffee tables need not apply...
Necessary Precedence. They were wrong. Environmentalists set up an outcry that such a massive explosion, five times as powerful as the previous Amchitka blast in 1969, might trigger an earthquake or, in case of a blowout, contaminate the area with radioactive fallout. Committees were formed, suits were filed, studies were conducted by Government agencies. Politicians, diplomats and strategists were consulted...
...starts out with more money and media points than the others-the contest can be equalized if he lands on a square that requires him to draw special cards, one of which might send him to the laryngitis ward, similar to Monopoly's jail. Other cards may trigger Cabinet shakeups or a kickback scandal. Play continues until one candidate collects 270 electoral votes. MR. PRESIDENT (3M Co.; $8.95) is a game for two to four players who campaign for popular or electoral votes. According to the directions, each party fields a candidate for President and Vice President and "attempts...
...Those people whom we saw seemed sincerely to understand that if no solution is reached by, say, the end of January, the continuing uncertainty may trigger a trade war," said Count René Paul Boël, of Belgium's giant Solvay chemical company. "Nobody wants a trade war, so I consider that there is a willingness on both sides of the Atlantic to push trade and monetary negotiations as fast as possible. I feel there is a real possibility of bilateral or other negotiations being opened on the subject of revaluation of currencies...
...discovery was significant. The newly identified substance proved to be a missing link in a long series of biological control mechanisms. Tests showed that hormones do not act directly on their target organs. Instead, they trigger the production of cyclic AMP, which in turn regulates body functions, increasing the rate at which some take place, slowing down the rate of others. "I like to call it a second messenger," said Sutherland of AMP. Subsequent research showed that his description is apt. Studies have established, for example, that when adrenaline output is increased by fear or anxiety...