Word: triggered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...either word will do," and, like most angry young men, shoots his outrage off in all directions. His hero is the persecuted individual, his villain the persecuting mass; he senses "instances of inhumanity all around me." A newspaper story, a political campaign, a photograph in a book-anything may trigger a painting. Says Strombotne: "I react violently to practically everything...
...Scyoc made five passes, then banked for a sixth. Just as the manuals said, the Sidewinder was shackled by safety devices. A hook-shaped pin immobilized the trigger; a toggle switch was in the nonfiring position; a vital circuit breaker was off. Yet somehow a Sidewinder got away. The horrified Van Scyoc could only radio: "Look out, one of my missiles has fired!" A second later the explosion sent the bomber crashing against the snow-covered side of Mount Taylor. At least three members of the eight-man crew managed to parachute to safety, and rescue parties began slogging through...
...bullet in his back, while the orchestra rises and swells in the background, before he falls into the river and ends The Colt. All the characters seem to be so easily moved to pity and warmth that it was hard to believe that anyone actually could have pulled the trigger...
...team, the freshman were very good. The big men under the boards pitched t to trigger fast breaks, the little men handling the ball passed underneath even hen they had long shots, and both set up plays on give-and-go's and screens. They ade the coach look like an expert forecaster...
...Action. But Philip was out of action with a "whitlow infection" (more commonly known as a boil) on his trigger finger. Accordingly, Nepal's King Mahendra passed the honor to Britain's Foreign Secretary, Lord Home. Eight times elephants goaded the snarling tigress into the open "firing zone." Three times Lord Home shot. He missed all three...