Here's what might cause this to happen.

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"If you try any other approach, there's a good chance that the classic machinations that happen in a legislative body will cause this not to be realized, " he said.

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The lax regulatory regime made it possible for the crisis to happen--but it wasn't the cause.

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And neither of you has described anything that might happen in the near future that would give people cause to support it more.

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This used to happen with radio, when War of the Worlds could cause a national panic.

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Although unlikely to have any effect if it did happen, the principle is cause for concern.

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Barclays Capital analyst Blayne Curtis points out in a research note that while it is too early to be completely sure what will happen, the recent developments could cause bottlenecks for PC producers.

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But "it is not absolutely a cause for alarm that if your child is born prematurely, something terrible is going to happen to it", said Dr Geeta Swamy of Duke University Medical Center, who carried out the research.

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It can happen to anyone who has ever sent an e-mail that might cause offense to a third party.

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Stripers there happen to be chock full of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which at worst, cause cancer in humans and at best wreck immune, reproductive, nervous and endocrine systems.

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