Word: causal
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...teach by what we do, as well as by what we say. And if we showed no concern in a circumstance where there was even a thin causal chain to events and values which are antithetical to those we hold, we would in fact not be doing an effective job of teaching,” Nye was reported as saying in The Crimson at the time...
...belief in causal determinism was incompatible with the concept of human free will. Jewish as well as Christian theologians have generally believed that people are responsible for their actions. They are even free to choose, as happens in the Bible, to disobey God's commandments, despite the fact that this seems to conflict with a belief that God is all knowing and all powerful...
...study results do not prove a causal relationship between taking these drugs and developing hypertension, but Curhan says the findings strongly suggest such a linkage...
...number shed these clothes for items that are more “suitable” for Harvard’s fashion culture. Many students who enter Harvard wearing the clothing of an urban dictate leave campus in sweater vests and loafers, ready to face a corporate world in which causal Fridays do not include construction boots or Nike Air Force One sneakers. Entire student groups are aware of the social implications their attire—Kuumba adheres to a strict uniform of dressy black clothes and kente cloth stoles, and the Black Men’s Forum?...
...depressed A study in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed a causal relationship between depression and sleep-related breathing disorders like sleep apnea. Patients with moderate to severe breathing disorders are 2.6 times as likely to become clinically depressed as normal sleepers...