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Common Cause

(Encyclopedia) Common Cause, U.S. organization that seeks a “reordering of national priorities and revitalization of the public process to make our political and governmental institutions more…

Brewer's: Cause

(The). A mission; the object or project. To make common cause. To abet the same object. Here “cause” is the legal term, meaning pro or con, as it may be, the cause or side of the question…

Brewer's: Causes

Aristotelian causes are these four: (1) The Efficient Cause. That which immediately produces the effect. (2) The Material Cause. The matter on which (1) works. (3) The Formal Cause. The…

Brewer's: Cause Celebre

Any famous law case. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CausesCause A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Are there any other causes for concern?

Are there any other causes for concern? Yes. Several.Domestic ducks can now excrete large quantities of highly pathogenic virus without showing signs of illness, and are now acting as a “…

Sample Essay: Cause and Effect

Note: The following essay was not edited by EssayEdge Editors. It appears as it was initially reviewed by admissions officers. SAMPLE ESSAY: Columbia, Musician (cello) For some reason, my…

Leading Causes of Death in the U.S.

  Rank Cause of Death Deaths in 1980 Deaths in 2015 1 Heart diseases 761,085 633,842 2 Malignant neoplasms (cancers) 416,509 595,930 3 Chronic lower…

Leading Causes of Death Worldwide

The World Health Organization, a UN organization that tracks global health crises and medical advancements, occasionally publishes reports they've assembled from data worldwide. These are their…

Walt Whitman: To Thee Old Cause

To Thee Old CauseTo thee old cause! Thou peerless, passionate, good cause, Thou stern, remorseless, sweet idea, Deathless throughout the ages, races, lands, After a strange sad war, great war…

Brewer's: Death from Strange Causes

Æ'schylus was killed by the fall of a tortoise on his bald head from the claws of an eagle in the air. (Valerius Maximus, ix. 12, and Pliny: History, vii. 7.) Agathocles (4 syl.), tyrant…