The FY 1981 increases in defense — something of a "foreshock" to the rapid rise in defense spending over the next several years — were prompted by the fall of the Shah in Iran and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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Foreshock
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Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 前震 noun (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake)
Finnish
1 entries- esijäristys noun (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake)
Greek
1 entries- προσεισμός noun (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake)
Hungarian
1 entries- előrengés noun (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake)
Irish
1 entries- réamhchrith noun (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake)
Japanese
1 entries- 前震 noun (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake)
Polish
1 entries- wstępne trzęsienie ziemi o słabej magnitudzie noun (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake)
Spanish
2 entries- sismo inicial noun (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake)
- sismo premonitor noun (tremor preceding the mainshock in earthquake)
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