Word: trigger
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...Monday, flying at a much lower altitude than the spy plane, which cruises at 90,000 ft. An Iraqi missile attack on the U-2 or its fighter escorts could dissolve Russian, French and Chinese opposition to the use of force--and give America a reason to pull the trigger. To deliver that punch, a formidable armada was assembling: the carriers Nimitz and George Washington (which began steaming in from the Mediterranean last Friday), backed by more than a dozen cruisers, destroyers, guided-missile frigates and attack subs capable of delivering 100 strike planes and 600 cruise...
With Harvard leading 14-0, Penn mounted a scoring drive that landed it at the Harvard 27-yard line. But facing a fourth-and-four, Bagnoli pulled the trigger and it backfired...
...change to the language requirement could potentially affect how admissions applicants plan their high school Advanced Placement courses and how undergraduates arrange their schedules, and could trigger fluctuations in language course enrollment...
Barring another, more serious meltdown, analysts consider it unlikely that the tumult in Asia will trigger a major market correction in the U.S. But that doesn't mean it won't have a lasting impact. David Hale of Zurich Kemper Investments predicts a surge of up to 25% in Asian imports made cheap by devaluation and a contraction in U.S. exports of as much as 15%. The result could be that the U.S. trade deficit, now $191 billion, would balloon to as much $300 billion next year and fan a protectionist outcry...
Stunts like this are why even many Silicon Valley libertarians secretly hope Justice reins in Gates before it's too late. Klein confirmed last week that his investigation of Microsoft remains "ongoing and wide-ranging." Microsoft's planned integration of Explorer into Windows 98 could trigger the most critical antitrust battle since the feds broke up Ma Bell in '84. Gates understands that the browser is the soul of the new machine that will carry us all into the 21st century, and he won't back down. "The point of antitrust law," Myhrvold argues, "is to say, 'Is there...