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News reports said the bomb had been planted in trees nearby; some reports said it had been set off by a timer.

The Israeli police called it an apparent terrorist attack, despite initial reports that it had been set off by a financial dispute between Mr. Ayyash and his former employer.

An extensive research effort into PPARs, much of it published since 2001, has been set off by evidence that highly prevalent chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis, and cancer may involve PPAR activity and may be affected by PPAR agonists such as thiazolidinediones and fibrates (Kersten et al. 2000).

In Mayne's version that world has been set off balance, as if to allow for imperfections, and it is inhabited by students.

The current recession has been set off by the simultaneous bursting of property and credit bubbles.

The latest outrage in the parental world has been set off after a mother in Florida came across a Breaking Bad character doll at Toys"R"Us.

The kingpin escaped from a luxury jail last July and has been setting off bombs in an apparent attempt to make the government call off its manhunt.

Experts also said that, were they treating Mr. Weiner, they would want to know when his risky online behavior started and whether it might have been set off by some external factor, like stress in his marriage or anxiety about fatherhood.

It appeared to have been set off by the accidental eruption of ammonium nitrate, an official familiar with the investigation said.

The reason for the suspension is unclear, but it appears to have been set off in part by the questions raised by the inspector general's initial review into abuses in the use of national security letters.

It suggested that the reactions could have been set off by chemicals in the fabrics.