Now these children are primed to become suicide bombers.

Most commonly these munitions had been primed to fire using commercial plastic explosive.

That means that all of you who just shook hands are biochemically primed to like and want to help each other.

That psyche has long been primed to receive shocking imagery. Now, the electronic media s weakness for graphic violence has become the Islamic State s strength.

Japan's laws are primed for this change, because the obligations of the Self Defense Forces are relatively clear in these circumstances. The Anti Terrorism Special Measures Law allows the Self Defense Forces to participate in the fight against international terrorism, although the form of participation is limited to logistical support.

During the financial crisis, it was national governments that bailed out banks and firms, recapitalized the financial system, guaranteed debts, eased liquidity, primed the fiscal pump, and paid the unemployment and welfare checks and took the blame for everything that went wrong. In the memorable words of outgoing Bank of England Governor Mervyn King, global banks are international in life, but national in death.