During the Cuban missile crisis, a bear snuffling around the perimeter fence of a Minnesota airbase led to aircraft carrying primed nuclear weapons rolling down the runways readyfortakeoff in neighbouring Wisconsin.
Other conditions for early take-off include the ready availability of the right kind of software, computing platforms and systems-integration expertise.
The Dow, looking like it was ready to take a running jump off a cliff Wednesday morning when manufacturing data for New York state and its surrounding areas came in a far cry below the expectations, is taking the disheartening news in stride.