Word: triggers
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Wall Street has become so enthralled by cheap oil that the slight rise in crude prices at the end of last week helped trigger a spasm of disappointment in the stock market. Fearing that petroleum has already fallen as far as it can go, investors sent the Dow Jones industrial average plummeting a record 82.50 during the week, to close at 1739.22. Earlier the Dow had ended the first quarter up 17.6% since the beginning of the year...
Unfortunately, there are many obstacles to a truly workable vaccine. Safety is one: even a genetically altered virus could conceivably cause disease. A successful vaccine would have to trigger the production of antibodies that protect the individual against AIDS; most AIDS patients have antibodies that, for some unknown reason, fail to protect them. And in light of the changeability of the AIDS virus, the vaccine would have to offer immunity against an almost infinite array of variant strains. No virus has presented vaccine makers with more formidable challenges. But given the lightning pace of discovery, says Essex, "we will likely...
...theory behind seasonally affected depression is that limited amounts of light can trigger depression," says Pollak, who says that February is a particularly difficult month for students. Experts claim that students are more likely to get depressed during the winter months when daylight hours are shorter and sunlight is less intense...
...Texas Air-Eastern combination would be a nightmare for other airlines. Lorenzo has made Houston- based Texas Air, which owns Continental Airlines and New York Air, highly successful by paying relatively low wages and offering passengers cut-rate prices. As head of Texas Air and Eastern, he could easily trigger the most vicious fare wars that the industry has ever known...
...from 1938 to 1948, and offer anecdotes about the movie and the people in it with them. The 26 films selected for this season include the king's and queen's personal favorites. Roy's is Under Western Stars (1938), his first starring role, while Dale likes My Pal Trigger (1946) because it features her husband's famous horse, which died in 1965 at age 30 (that's 80 years in human span). Though they will return next season for another 26 cable shows, the Rogerses insist they are otherwise still out to pasture. Says Roy: "I've been...