Word: triggers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most startling example of Greene's youthful reaction to his existence is the game of Russian roulette he played, an episode also recounted in The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. On six different occasions he pressed a pistol to his temple, pulled the trigger, and nothing happened. He gave it up finally, not from fear, but because the excitement had gone: the game was no longer an effective antidote to the boredom which was the plague of his existence. It is here that we receive one of the few quick glimpses Greene allows us of his later life...
...TIME could hardly have been more correct on any political prediction than the one on "Scoop" Jackson in which it was suggested that he, if nominated, would of all candidates be "most likely to trigger a revolt, and hence a fourth party on the Democratic left...
...heart pumps in patients, one of whom survived for 13 days. But last week's operation differed from the previous ones. Kantrowitz's new pump is not only more advanced than earlier assist mechanisms, but because of a specially developed inner coating, it is less likely to trigger the blood-clotting problems that plagued earlier implants. Therefore it has a better chance of remaining in the patient indefinitely. Hence it could offer new hope for patients with intractable congestive heart failure...
...trouble arises not from relationships with people but from such fears as claustrophobia, Wolpe urges his patients to learn to relax. First, however, the patient is reassured: "You are not mentally ill, and there is no danger of your going insane." Then he is questioned about the situations that trigger his anxiety, and the triggers are ranked according to intensity. After the sufferer has been taught to relax completely-through muscular exercises -he is asked to imagine the least frightening trigger: in a person who fears death, it may be the sight of an ambulance. If he becomes frightened...
...Hair Trigger. Prodded by community groups and convinced that the attack did indeed occur, Commissioner Frank Felicetta, an up-from-the-ranks hardliner, ordered his men to muster for the lineups more than a year ago. They refused, and unsuccessfully fought the order all the way up to the Supreme Court. The delay took its toll. At least three cops said to have been elsewhere during the incident were reportedly among the ten identified by the witness victims. That may well undermine the other identifications, which are to be used only in departmental disciplinary proceedings. No cop is likely...