Another issue that could be compounded at other airports is the fact that the E.D.S. machines have a fairly high "false positive" rate, setting off an alarm roughly 25percentt of the time.
Mr. Abrams said he believes that the European bank will cut rates, setting off a rally in European bond markets.
Pitney Bowes said yesterday that its second-half profit would fall short of expectations because of slow sales and currency exchange rates, setting off a sharp decline in its stock price.
The situation forms an odd corollary to the early 1980s, when Mr. Greenspan's predecessor, Paul A. Volcker, sharply raised interest rates, setting off back-to-back recessions in a painful but effective war on inflation.
The apparel increases, which have been strongest in women's clothing, contributed to a rising overall inflation rate that set off talk of stagflation this week.
The hospital rules have infuriated many women, added to the nation's ever-increasing Caesarean rate and set off a bitter debate over who controls childbirth.
The low tax rate would set off an economic boom by letting people keep more of what they earn and by lowering barriers to risk taking.
Tofler and Muller (2006) suggested that in such a case, a trigger, which is an "activity that produces short-term physiological change, such as a surge in arterial pressure or heart rate," can set off adverse cardiac effects.
Raising rates might set off a double-dip recession.
