21.   The slide apparently was triggered when a road behind the two lodges gave way, a State Emergency Services spokesman said.

22.   The victim and one of his friends triggered a slide during one descent and their second descent set off the fatal avalanche, Morales said.

23.   The victims were searching for pumice in a ravine when the landslide occured Tuesday morning, Antara said, without specifying what triggered the slide.

24.   They feared that heavy earth-moving equipment would trigger new slides, or collapse rubble onto anyone who might still be alive.

25.   Two weeks of downpours have triggered the slides, and more were considered likely.

26.   Which of them would be mere local misfortunes, and which combinations might trigger a slide back into a different and much more dangerous kind of world?

27.   Xinhua said rain had probably triggered the slide by loosening the earth.

28.   Workers have been removing debris by hand to avoid triggering new slides that could crush survivors or endanger themselves.

29.   The storm was still expected to drop additional heavy rain over east and central Cuba and the Bahamas, possibly triggering mud slides.

30.   Rising stock levels, a symptom of the recent slump in demand, have triggered a slide in prices in recent months.