Word: triggered
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WONDER DRUG Aspirin packs a protective punch against cardiovascular disease, but surgeons have long been worried that it could trigger bleeding after a bypass operation. A study of more than 5,000 patients, however, found aspirin to be well worth the risk if given within 48 hours of the surgery, since it greatly lowered chances of death or nonfatal circulatory complications--regardless of gender, race, age or the disease's severity...
...Bush administration's trigger-mechanism for war with Iraq has a name: Hans. Hans Blix. The 74-year-old Swede is the head of UNMOVIC, the UN arms inspection program that will be sent back into Iraq once the Security Council agrees on the text of a new disarmament resolution, and his judgment could well mean the difference between war and peace. According to the deal currently being brokered at the Security Council, Blix will report on whether Iraq is complying - and if the answer is no, Washington will almost certainly go to war. He'll likely...
...most obvious message seems to be that loaded handguns should not be sitting around where teens can get access to them. There are certainly hundreds of accidental shootings each year, because parents leave their guns in a place where they are not locked up and do not use trigger locks for protection...
...control, O’Brien supports reasonable legislation that would mandate locked storage or trigger locks. Romney thinks the current laws are enough, even though dozens of Massachusetts residents die each year of accidental shootings...
...rebels' demands are absolute and uncompromising, suggesting they're driven by an apocalyptic interpretation of their faith and their prospects. And even if a peaceful solution were possible, the danger remains ever-present that a mistake by either one of the gunmen or one of the Russian units could trigger a bloodbath...