Every time you apply for credit, it causes an inquiry to appear on your credit report and costs you a few credit score points whether you even open the account or not.

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"Anytime someone close to you is stricken with this disease, it causes you to take a deep breath and step back, " Polian said.

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"He's been doing some running on the field in straight lines, but when you've got a knee injury it's twisting and turning that causes aggravation and I think he needs to test it in the county game first, " he added.

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Likewise if you isolate a gene, reproduce it in the laboratory, and show that it causes breast cancer.

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You can give a relatively modest amount to certain causes, and people get enormously excited about it.

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