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...there a single trigger that touched off all these violent outbursts? Probably not. Yet a number of psychiatrists speculated that a powerful influence might have been the episode that occurred two weeks ago in Indianapolis. There, a 44-year-old auto salesman named Anthony Kiritsis wired the muzzle of a 12-gauge shotgun to the neck of a mortgage executive and held him hostage for 63 terror-filled hours (TIME, Feb. 21). When Indianapolis TV stations acceded to his demand that he be put on the air, Kiritsis crowed: "I'm a goddam national hero." He was scarcely that...
...self-proclaimed Nazis, who number only about 25, proved as much last June when they ignited a rock-throwing, club-wielding melee over the movement of blacks into a white community near Marquette Park. Last week a demented Nazi cultist proved again that even a single such hater can trigger tragedy...
Sudden Tornado. Last week the festering resentment finally broke into a shrill serenade of street violence that escalated to the worst riots Egypt has witnessed since King Farouk was dethroned 25 years ago. The trigger: an announcement by Deputy Premier for Economics Abdel Moneim Kaissouni of sharp cutbacks in food subsidies. That, in turn, meant price increases in government stores of as much as 50% for a loaf of bread, while the cost of sugar leaped 25%, tea 35% and bottled gas, which Egyptians use for cooking and heating, 50%. In a country where the average wage is only...
...sustained recovery is getting companies to step up their spending on expansion; they disagree about how to do it. In the Ford Administration's final economic report, out last week, Ford's Council of Economic Advisers urged permanent tax reductions for individuals and companies to trigger more spending all around. Carter has instead proposed tax rebates for individuals this year and more Government spending next year-and no specific investment incentives...
Pulling the Trigger...