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...between Iraq and Iran and the threat to stability in the gulf region; 60% of the voters say the conflict is no reason not to dump the incumbent. What does seem to be boosting Carter, however, is the fact that 46% of those surveyed believe Reagan might be "trigger happy," and 57% favor Carter as the candidate they "trust more not to overreact in times of crisis." Only 32% would feel safer with Reagan...
...Iraqi bandwagon. I have the impression that this is not a very wise move on his part." The King justified his support for Iraq on the ground of Arab solidarity, but Western diplomats believe that he was taking a bold gamble. The Israelis always get nervous and trigger-happy, they pointed out, whenever Jordan aligns itself militarily with another Arab state. For that matter, Hussein was also off to Moscow this week to discuss the purchase of military equipment...
Sagan published his first paper at 22. Its title was an echo from his days with Muller and a sign of his growing interest in exobiology: "Radiation and the Origin of the Gene." A key point was that radiation may have been the trigger for the combination of the first DNA molecules. Eventually some 300 more papers would follow, including a particularly brilliant bit of deduction about the planet Venus. At the time, many scientists still regarded Venus as a kind of sister planet of the earth with a benign climate. But radio emissions from the planet were hinting...
...those rare instances where TV violence has been shown to trigger crimes, Hirsch insists that the programs are not at fault, since they almost invariably conclude with the message that crime does not pay. "In most cases," he insists, "the viewer is intelligent enough to see the entire picture and realize it for the fantasy and entertainment...
...trigger price system will be set 12% higher than the average March level of $358.31 a ton. In addition, a new "antisurge provision" requires a Commerce Department review whenever imports exceed 13.7% of steel consumption in the U.S. at any time that the domestic industry is running below 87% of capacity. After the announcement, U.S. Steel dropped its case against the European producers...