Predator removal can cause a cascading effect that destabilizes the entire marine food web and, in turn, our oceans.

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This year's record high gas prices, coupled with a slow economy and the mortgage crisis, have had a cascading effect.

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And that would have had a cascading effect through the balance of the OE industry, Ford included and potentially others, as well.

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Once the fall in prices starts then we get a cascading effect and we find that these leveraged institutions which were holding these bonds are bust.

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"The increase in the price of diesel, in particular, will have a cascading effect on all-round prices as the transportation costs will rise sharply, " a statement said.

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"It will have a cascading effect, " says Mr. Schanstra.

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As Katrina demonstrated, if the electricity goes off for any protracted period of time, there is a cascading ripple-effect which takes down the means by which we communicate, get food and water, access financial resources, receive medical services, dispose of sewage and move from one location to another.

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