Word: triggers
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...coaches recognized that numbers can't measure the skill Hall brings to his position. He has speed, razor-sharp reflexes and what Brown Coach Cliff Stevenson calls "one hell of a punt." His long goal kicks trigger the quick Crimson attack...
Even after the summiteers emerged with their compromise on Friday afternoon, the President proceeded to trigger the $23 billion of across-the-board cuts required by Gramm-Rudman. Congress, however, has until mid-December to incorporate the new deal into law before the full weight of the Gramm-Rudman ax falls. Thus congressional leaders will be forced to iron out swiftly the details of the summit compromise and to muster the votes for the requisite tax hikes and spending reductions...
...near disaster on the day after the dizzying crash "raises the specter that such a crisis could strike again." Perhaps most worrisome of all is that the stock market shot down on that Monday and up again on Tuesday without any compelling political or economic event serving as the trigger. Should a war, assassination or other crisis of serious proportions strike, no one really knows just what it might do to the world's shaky markets...
...Department's announcement that the U.S. trade deficit shrank during September to $14.1 billion, down from $15.7 billion in August. The decline was sharper than expected, especially by comparison with the disappointingly small improvement in the previous month's results. The disclosure of those results on Oct. 14 helped trigger the crash five days later. Despite September's narrowing, the trade gap remains huge by any standard. At the current rate, the 1987 deficit is likely to exceed last year's record of $156 billion by some $10 billion...
...President's responsibility is firmly fixed in the Constitution: "He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed." In a stinging 450-page report certain to trigger heated controversy, a majority of the congressional Iran-contra committees this week will charge that Ronald Reagan failed to fulfill that solemn obligation. Says Warren Rudman, the feisty New Hampshire Senator who was one of three Republicans to join the 18-member majority: "The report deals with the responsibilities of the presidency, and I think it's fair...