But the machine was sidetracked nine days later when a badly soldered electrical splice overheated and set off a chain of damage to massive superconducting magnets and other parts of the collider, in a 17-mile circular tunnel under the Swiss-French border.
"From the information available at present to this body," Mr. Gayssot said, "it emerges that at least one tire burst, something that could have triggered a chain of events, damage to the plane's structure, a fire and engine failure".
The results both from primary cells and cell lines assays proved that lasalocid causes a chain of cellular damages, which lead to the death of cells [ 8, 27– 29].
The research led to an understanding of the way cystic fibrosis causes life-threatening damage through a chain of events that involves damaged genes, abnormal tissues and malfunctioning organs.
It is a good system because it focuses on the consequences a crime can have - the way in which the decision to commit an offence can be the start of a long chain of damage.
In general, IBD is thought to occur when the immune system overreacts to the bacterial community that normally dwells in the gut, setting in motion a chain of inflammation events that can damage and destroy the intestinal wall.
But it said it was looking at "potential vulnerabilities from a chain of events, such as damage from a tornado or earthquake combined with flooding from a dam failure".
Illinois Brick "focused on the risk of duplicative recovery engendered by allowing every person along a chain of distribution to claim damages arising from a single transaction that violated the antitrust laws". Blue Shield, 457 U.S., at 474-475, 102 S.Ct. at 2546.
Almost from the beginning, French investigators have been working on the broad assumption that at least one tire burst, triggering a chain of events that included damage to the plane's structure, a fire and engine failure that led to the crash.
That would set off a chain of unfortunate events that will further damage American credibility around the world and ensure that the United States remains preoccupied with the Middle East to the detriment of other important regions -- Asia, for example -- for years to come.
Brink used this same device in an earlier historical novel about a failed slave uprising, "A Chain of Voices," to suggest the damage a system like slavery does to perpetrators as well as victims.
