Word: triggered
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...published his wisdom under the headline “How to Get Play at Harvard College,” and I profited. “Be direct,” he wrote, and so I was. “Always be willing to pull the trigger,” he wrote, and so I was. “Start every sentence with, ‘My penis feels so...’” he wrote, and soon I was the most popular girl in school.Of course, my case is exceptional. Senior spring does not always bring the wisdom...
...agree: a recent poll by independent researcher Afrobarometer found that 8 out of 10 Nigerians oppose a third presidential term - a figure disputed by Obasanjo's camp. Could the debate turn violent? U.S. intelligence czar John Negroponte told a Senate committee in March that a third term could trigger a"disruption of oil supply, secessionist moves by regional governments, major refugee flows and instability elsewhere in West Africa." That's more likely if Nigeria's politicians exploit ethnic divisions, as they have in the past. Chudi Akude, a spokesman for a new opposition party, worries that the ruling party...
...discovery means that any nation with a small supply of A-bombs may soon be able to use each A-bomb as a trigger for a thermonuclear bomb, thus easily and inexpensively multiplying the power of each A-bomb a thousandfold...
...resentment and frustration to the workers. Yet testers and protesters alike profess the same goal: safety in a nuclear age. Says Moore: "Anyone seeing the shots as I have, and the awesome power they have, must realize a person would have to be crazy to ever pull that trigger." Both sides must hope he is right...
...simultaneous K4 and K27 states are by and large silent, it appears that K27 dominates K4 when both are simultaneously present. However, the presence of K4 indicates that these genes may later be activated. “For genes, this is equivalent to resting one finger on the trigger,” said Stuart L. Schreiber, Loeb professor and chair of the department of chemistry and chemical biology and an author of the study, in a statement. “This approach could be a key strategy for keeping crucial genes quiet, but primed for when they will be most...