Word: culprit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...does one prove that one drug or the other was the culprit? This is not the place to delve into that knotty problem. I will simply say that there are only two approaches--and one may be unethical. That one is to stop the drug, look for improvement, then start the drug again to see if the badness returns. That, of course, requires the effect to be reversible (it often...
Strokes afflict 600,000 Americans each year. In 80% of cases the culprit is some kind of clot that obstructs the flow of blood through an artery. But for a variety of reasons, blood-starved brain cells don't die right away. If the offending clot is broken up quickly enough, normal blood flow is restored and the brain is spared...
...give "friendly advice" to Saddam -- backed by the U.S. military. That kind of cooperation has averted strikes in the past. While the French are espousing dissatisfaction with U.S. bombings, says Sancton:"They're not going to make a big deal of it, since they agree Saddam is the culprit...
Students frequently single out the Coop as the culprit, the Coop says change needs to come from professors, but professors lack a financial incentive to control the costs of books for their courses...
This is despite its more shocking plot. Unlike the Boatwrights of Bastard, a lively and tightly-knit group of ne'er-do-wells, the Johnsons are isolated from their extended family and ruthless towards each other, each one capable of horrible acts of cruelty. The main culprit is the father, Bill Sr., a vicious drunk who between jail stints beats his wife and children and sexually abuses his daughter Jean. Billy Jr., the dead man of the title, responds to the abuse by becoming his father's replica, repeating his father's acts first with Jean, then with...