Word: triggered
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...pretenses. Some women become more willing to take risks as they grow less concerned about what others think. Women who submerged their identity when their children were young may feel a sense of liberation once they are older. Even the death of a parent, while painful and a frequent trigger of midlife depression, can free women from the burden of expectations, as they ask, Who am I doing all this for anyway? Shellenbarger cites research that found men's "dream fulfillment" goes downhill from their mid-30s on; women, who tend to put their dreams in the sock drawer during...
However, many have questioned the gravity of the accusations. A Los Angeles Times editorial on April 10, 2005 wrote that “this charge is the equivalent of a traffic violation; hardly the type of high crime that should trigger a process akin to impeachment...
Cobb was to come home successfully 2,245 times in the big leagues, but his father saw none of those achievements. W.H. was shotgunned twice on the evening of Aug. 8, 1905. His wife pulled the trigger. She had mistaken him, she claimed, for an intruder. Three weeks later, amid rumors about his parents' marital squabbles, infidelity and murder, the red-haired 18-year-old fought his way into the Detroit Tigers' lineup. But he saw no reason to rejoice. "I only thought," he recalled, "father won't know...
...reinforced by the ultimate control exercised by Soviet officers during military maneuvers, which are conducted four times a year. A study conducted last year for the Canadian Defense Department that circulated around the NATO high command concluded, perhaps too optimistically: "The entry of NATO troops into Eastern Europe would trigger a collapse of the Communist regimes there...
...come." On Oct. 22, the Italians submitted a report to the Colombian government warning that an "extremely dangerous" eruption could be expected at any time. They suggested the establishment of a civil defense system in the Lagunilla River valley area, so that any early indications of trouble would trigger widespread and effective warnings to evacuate...