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...pound at its prewar gold price, which did not take account of high wartime inflation. This was a major cause of the nationwide general strike that virtually immobilized the economy in 1926. Indeed some historians believe that Churchill's decision to return to the gold standard helped trigger the worldwide Great Depression. In 1931 Britain again abandoned the gold standard...
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger interceded with the Argentine government for Timerman's release in 1978. Kissinger told TIME that "the trigger for his arrest was not anti-Semitism," although he also believes that the Argentine publisher was treated more brutally because he is Jewish. "There is no doubt that there are many anti-Semitic trends in Argentina, but not in the Nazi sense," he says. Kissinger agrees with the Reagan Administration that the distinction between totalitarian and authoritarian governments is a valid one, adding, "but that doesn't mean we shouldn't oppose violation...
...beginning of last week the impasse had hardened into one that only the President had a chance of breaking. To that end, Reagan invited five top Democratic congressional leaders to the White House for a Monday morning meeting. Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd suggested a "trigger" plan: 10% tax cuts would go into effect the second and third years only if inflation rates and deficits were declining...
...little to do but wait for a day the world hopes will never come: when he and his superior would each turn two keys, one to open a box containing codes that would tell them whether higher orders to fire the doomsday weapon were valid, the other to trigger the missile's flight. Standing 24-hr, watches about twice a week in a silo 65 ft. below the Kansas crop lands, the officer led a life of unrelieved tedium. One day he thought of something else...
...There was a question as to whether the cost of the renovation would exceed the trigger level" for handicapped modifications, Tucker stated, adding that "complying with handicapped regulations is part of any renovation...