And this unspoken but unmistakable admission has precipitated endless rounds of semantic jousting between Mr. Bush and reporters, who are constantly trying to get him to say what he clearly means.
That has precipitated a state takeover of the city, with the likes of Detroit's former emergency manager Kevyn Orr, who shut off families' water in Detroit, and George Norcross, south Jersey's most notorious Democratic powerbroker, advising the governor.
So the news media squall it has precipitated seems overblown.
In this cramped view, Germany has precipitated the crisis.
But it's the developed world that has precipitated global warming.
That has precipitated a recent deal-making wave in the beverage industry.
The ensuing political turmoil has precipitated high inflation and job losses.
Moneyball (written by Michael Lewis) has precipitated a revolution in sports.
His new mission has precipitated some unlikely alliances.
This has precipitated a rise in lizard attacks on kids and tourist.
