Much of it is the consequence of what I've come to think of as digital delirium, a state of being that prompts studios with deep pockets and shallow perspectives to believe that because something can be done digitally it should be done.
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Home prices have risen for a second consecutive month for the first time since the summer of 2010, but much of this is a consequence of the falling percentage of distressed sales, while prices are still more than 31% of their peaks and may take years to recover.
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This rising proportion of older people is a consequence of success - improved nutrition, sanitation, healthcare, education and economic well-being are contributing factors, the report says.
The name isn't terribly important, but the concept is critical -- every mobile platform of consequence is moving in the direction of intelligent, on-the-go app management, and with the Pre, Palm can't afford to be any different in that regard.
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The so-called fiscal cliff is of little consequence compared to the coming spending tsunami powered by Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
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From the plug to your toaster, resistance is of little consequence.
The uniquely Islamic religious character witnessed in the 'city of dead', is a consequence of the grouping of princes' and rulers' mausoleums close to the tombs and khanqahs (hermitages) of saints revered by them.
Most of the decline in support is a consequence of rising commodity prices.
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While I would love to point to the decline in the stock price since the offering as evidence that the market is cognizant of value, I think it is more the consequence of momentum investors, disappointed in their inability to make money from the promised IPO pop, heading for the exits.
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The symbolism of this protectionist gesture is probably of more consequence.
This threat of overdevelopment is an unexpected consequence of Myanmar's rapid political change over the last two years.
The globalisation of television is essentially a consequence of the transition of broadcasting from a medium in scarce supply to one of plentiful capacity.
For EarthLink, publicly acknowledging the annoyance of pop-up advertising is almost of no consequence to its business.
It suggests that the growing incidence of chronic problems in the rich world is a consequence of better hygiene and access to medical treatment, both of which reduce the incidence of childhood infections, and affect the immune system early in life.
"His death is the result of a lack of acceptance of bears in Poschiavo, which is a direct consequence of a lack of information among the population, " she said.
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Sadly, for four nights in August, drinking viche was a necessary evil, a rite of passage in the same way that cheap keg beer is a part of university and getting hit in the groin is a disagreeable consequence of riding a mechanical bull.
This kind of trade diversion is a typical consequence of antidumping restrictions.
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The genesis of the shorter back-to-school purchase cycle is a consequence of increased levels of consumer expectations, retailers having spent more than a decade teaching consumers they can get something cheaper if they just wait.
Republicans - some of whom have pledged never to vote for increased taxes - say the deficit is a consequence of excessive government spending.
Some of this family resemblance is certainly a consequence of similar muscular and skeletal structures underlying the face.
In that sense, it is fair to argue that the recent increases in the public-sector indebtedness of many developed economies is the consequence in large part of the decisions taken in 2007 and 2008 not to let the banks and the financial system collapse.
Where the report falls short, however, probably also because it extends the scope and vision of the committee, is recognising that the way BP, Transocean and Halliburton are managed is the logical consequence of how the world of business operates and is organised in our society.
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The presence of nitrate in the water is predominantly a consequence of land management decisions and farming practice.
In fact, as America's envoy was emphatically told over his dish of spicy lentils, it is partly a consequence of the country's abiding affliction: the refusal of Pakistani generals to abandon a national-security policy that they have presumed to dictate, with disastrous consequences for Pakistan and its region, for six decades.
The dwindling of marriage is both cause and consequence of America's evolution away from a society of equal chances.
It is unclear at this stage how much of this increase in value is attributable to the infrastructure and amenities built by the government as part of a TPS, and how much is simply a consequence of zoning conversion that brings new fringe land into the urban land market.
But much of that inflation is temporary, the consequence of higher oil prices and increases in value-added taxes that formed part of many countries' austerity plans.
Hindu mythology says the fate and future of the entire universe and all its inhabitants is but a consequence of the intricacies of her cosmic dance.
The open race, unprecedented in recent history, is a consequence of the fragmentation of America's political center.
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