Word: triggering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House pledged to help salve the champ's wounds by toughening up U.S. sanctions against dumping-that is, selling foreign steel in the U.S. for less than it costs to make, or is sold for, in its home country. Last week the Administration announced details of its new "trigger price mechanism" plan, under which steel entering the U.S. with a price tag below a predetermined level would instantly unleash the investigative hound dogs of the Treasury Department...
...Begin through sickness or death, God forbid, would be the very worst thing that could happen." According to Western diplomats who have dealt with Begin, he is open-minded on most issues and will sometimes change his position after listening carefully to counterarguments. There are two important exceptions that trigger deep passion: he refuses even to consider any discussions with the Palestine Liberation Organization; and he has repeatedly said he will not accept hostile troops based on the West Bank, which he refers to by its ancient biblical names, Samaria and Judea. To some U.S. officials, Begin's hawkish...
...Saudis believe the only way the Egyptian President can bring off his gamble for peace is to get major concessions out of the Israelis or, alternatively, trigger a dramatic American move that will force Jerusalem to yield. If neither event happens, the Saudis fear Sadat will lose his credibility and with it his capacity to lead moderate forces in the Arab world. Even if he were to survive politically in Egypt after such a failure, the Saudis argue, he would no longer be a significant Arab leader. Any such collapse of Sadat would leave the Saudis in a vulnerable position...
...that the price tag of all terrorism to date (including ransoms paid and property damaged) falls well short of the $500 million in damage that vandals inflict on U.S. school buildings in an average year. Despite the verbal threats they hurl at established order, contemporary terrorists have yet to trigger a revolution or topple a government...
...operative who had left the movement for a while and wanted to return. The man was taken to an apartment in Jersey City, where an "informer" was being held, then handed a pistol with.a silencer. As José tells it, "The brother turned around and pulled the trigger three times against the man's head. Wow, was he surprised when it didn't work!" The gun was not loaded. The "informer" was, of course, a decoy...