trigger
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Audio from one work bleeds into another, while flashes of familiar sounds and images — footage of 9/11, a Britney Spears track — function as what Kittelmann calls “memory triggers” that connect personal and shared experiences.
From Los Angeles Times
The trigger for Friday’s sudden stumble was the nomination of Kevin Warsh for next Fed chair which signalled “lower institutional chaos than feared,” the team wrote.
From MarketWatch
Concerns were triggered after China’s three telecom operators announced changes to VAT treatment, with some telecom services reclassified into higher tax bracket, lifting VAT to 9% from 6%.
Hausmann said the initial euphoria triggered by Maduro’s capture—when he was texting furiously with Venezuelan friends—dissipated when they realized full-scale change was still a ways off.
But they can also be triggered by even a slight breeze.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
