Word: triggering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...them. Land mines lie buried in paddy trails; coconuts filled with explosives hang in jungle trees. A nylon trip wire can plunge a man onto a bed of iron spikes-or needle-sharp bamboo stakes smeared with excrement that will poison his blood. Stepping on an invisible thread can trigger a cross-bow's arrow into his chest, and stepping on a half-buried nail can pierce the detonating cap of the shotgun shell beneath his foot. The door of a village hut may be rigged to a battery of exploding spikes, the clothes hanging on a peasant...
...Soviets have insisted that the U.S. formally renounce all plans to give Germany a hand on the trigger of nuclear weapons. Plans for nuclear sharing such as the MLF were designed originally to satisfy and forestall Germany's supposed craving for atomic weapons. Although the MLF would give the Germans no more than a veto on the use of certain ship-borne missiles, the Soviets suspect that this might lead to more extensive German control in the future. They do not believe that Bonn will be content with such veto-power...
...fact, the Dominican Republic last week seemed so peaceful that plans were going ahead for the final withdrawal of the Inter-American Peace Force by next week. Some Dominicans feared that the withdrawal would trigger a coup by leftists, by the military, or both. Balaguer evidently did not share that fear. Besides, he knew that if anything did happen, peace-force troops could be recalled within hours...
Sandals & Beards. The trigger that sets Drury's plot in motion is a revolution in the emerging African nation of Gorotoland. U.S. President Harley M. Hudson (the "Vice President" of Advise and Consent) cautions the insurgents against endangering American life and property there. But the rebels ignore him, kill 50 Americans and set fire to the local Standard Oil facilities. Hudson swiftly dispatches U.S. troops to Gorotoland, and goes on the air to tell the U.S.: "It was time to re-establish the fact that when America says something, she means it. Specifically, it was time to re-establish...
Cliff is a chunky high school dropout whose shirttail flaps in the breeze and whose hair-trigger temper has at one time or another 1) brought him an official reprimand from the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association and 2) cost him a place on the U.S. Davis Cup team. Psychologists would probably trace Cliff's troubles back to his formative years-between twelve and 14-when he played with his sister and "she beat me every time." Says Cliff: "She used to beat me so often that she didn't even want to play me any more...