Word: triggered
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...Christian Democratic Union (CDU) managed to win a majority in a February state election. After incumbent SPD state premier Heide Simonis failed to build a minority government, the SPD and CDU have opened talks on a possible "grand coalition." The CDU has the advantage: by walking away, it would trigger new state elections and almost certainly win. Failure to strike a deal could even force national elections - the last thing Schröder wants right now. The SPD's popularity slumped to 29% in a Forsa poll published in Stern magazine last week, while the CDU rose to 46%. Crucial...
...Lewis, Thurlene Stillday, Chanelle Rosebear and Alicia White as they huddled on the floor. He left the room and exchanged fire with police officers, who were advancing down the hallway. Retreating into Rogers' classroom, he yelled, "I have hostages!" Then he turned a gun on himself and pulled the trigger. Silent throughout the ordeal, the surviving students began to scream...
...Beijing last Sunday, China's National People's Congress adopted an antisecession law aimed at Taiwan. The legislation, which authorizes a military attack to prevent the island from seeking independence, has heightened regional tensions and raised a question diplomats would rather not confront: Would China really pull the trigger...
...have been experimenting with another bacterium, salmonella, and another way of destroying a tumor from the inside out. Salmonella is a familiar but unwelcome interloper in kitchens and at picnics, thriving in uncooked meats and other food products such as eggs. Once in the blood, its surface coat can trigger septic shock, a hyperaggressive immune response that can lead to liver and kidney failure and a dangerous drop in blood pressure. Confined to a tumor, however, the bacterium could be a potent cancer killer. Like the measles virus, salmonella zeroes in naturally on tumor cells. "If an animal...
...Wittenberg, a neurologist at Wake Forest University, who is studying magnetic pulses for their potential to help stroke patients recover more quickly. Unlike electroconvulsive therapy, which affects the whole brain, the magnets are focused only on specific regions at the surface, or cortex. And because the treatment does not trigger a seizure (as electroconvulsive therapy does), there's no need for muscle relaxants or anesthesia and no problem with memory loss. Patients undergoing magnetic stimulation usually feel only a kind of tapping on their skull as the current starts to flow...