Word: triggered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scrapping the law. If it must be kept, the task force argues, only the President, Vice President and Attorney General should be covered by it. Also, the Attorney General should have a role in selecting the independent counsels, and the Justice Department should not be tied to a hair-trigger threshold of evidence in deciding whether a counsel should be appointed. Other critics argue that the law should apply only when the alleged wrongdoing occurred while the official was in office...
Texas sure is an exciting place. I'd forgotten how wild and trigger-happy my home state was until I returned to Houston last week for a little rest and leisure. In the span of the three days after Thanksgiving, we Texans got caught up in a real-life Western featuring a daring prison escape, several shootouts and a manhunt reminiscent of Bonnie and Clyde...
Cedric squeezes the trigger. The big buck drops a mere 28 steps from them: A nine-pointer with a 14-in. spread of antlers. It is the second largest buck killed in the statewide youth hunt that kicked off the deer season last weekend...
...reaction to general anesthesia; say whether you felt nauseated, went into shock or took 12 hours to wake up. (No, I'm not exaggerating; some patients with an unusual genetic condition take that long to recover.) You should also bring up any allergies you have, since some anesthetic drugs trigger cross-reactions--particularly in patients who are sensitive to soy and eggs. A small but growing trend: preoperative visits to an anesthesiology clinic where doctors can check you out more completely...
...such "off-label" prescribing can be tricky. When a drug is tested and a dosage is set for an adult body, the same medication given to a person half the size can have unexpected effects. Antidepressants can lead to agitation and nervousness in anyone; in children, they may trigger full-blown manic episodes...