But when we say the cause, we are actually invoking a more ancient defini of the word.
He has become a symbol of those differences -- a contemporary face of a decades-old movement to make the ancient religion more relevant.
In fact, way back in 1861, they were experimenting with a lock based on a mechanism that was first used by the ancient Egyptians more than 4, 000 years ago.
But in 2005, on the eve of the 134th version of the oldest championship in golf, the limelight has shifted away from nine-time modern major winner Tiger Woods to a much more ancient creature - the great and unique Golden Bear.
This section was shaped by forces even more ancient than the Romans.
Designated a county constituency and containing a great deal more territory than just the ancient city, this seat was drawn to be identical to the City of Durham local government unit and its name distinguishes it from the six other seats in County Durham.
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The Curiosity rover discovered that the chemistry of ancient Mars could have supported simple microbes more than three billion years ago, about the time that life first arose on Earth, scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Tuesday.
Which was no different than the graphical user experience revolution of the 1980s: the green screen user experience began to look ancient the moment users became familiar with the much more usable and effective GUI experience, and a wholesale redesign of enterprise software was underway.
The now-ancient UTStarcom 5700 finally sees release toward the end of April more than a year after we first saw it in the FCC's business, giving a lower-end choice to the Windows Mobile faithful.
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The other is a conviction, shared with the ancient Greeks and Machiavelli, that good citizens matter more to free societies than good institutions.
Even the ancient Catholic Church has shown more innovation in getting reconnected with its flock.
Although a similarly "primitive" construction, the Tangaroa benefited from more recent research on ancient sailing techniques and had a broader sail, adjustable centerboards and a hardwood cabin.
The touch system on the Instinct is more like that on an ancient ATM than a cutting-edge gadget, even though it has a gimmicky feedback mechanism that gives you a tiny vibration-jolt when you press an icon.
The British forces left with more than 500 ancient parchment manuscripts, two gold crowns, crosses and chalices in gold, silver and copper, religious icons, royal and ecclesiastic vestments as well as shields and arms made between the 14th and 19th centuries.
International qualifying tournaments were introduced by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club for the first time this year to make it more convenient and less expensive for overseas-based players to qualify for The Open.
The geography of Wales made it more likely that ancient DNA would be retained.
The ancient Egyptians used copper saw blades more than 5, 000 years ago to cut both wood and stone.
Studying these will test the hypothesis that modern shells are more efficient than ancient ones, and thus out-competed them.
Continental Humanists sought to apply Renaissance logic and critique to ancient texts, making the writing more digestible and accessible to a wider audience.
But just as through recent changes we are removing ancient Royal prerogatives and making the Executive more accountable to Parliament, so, to establish and renew its legitimacy and status, Parliament itself must now become more accountable to the people.
But Pan Yue, the best-known advocate of green concerns within the Chinese government, says ancient creeds, like Taoism, offer the best hope of making people treat the earth more kindly.
The Hebrides also have a living ancient language: Gaelic is more widely spoken here than anywhere else in Scotland.
The monarchy in Britain is an ancient institution which, for more than a thousand years, has been dominated by men.
Mars rover Curiosity has found the remnants of an ancient streambed on Mars, providing still more evidence that water once flowed freely there.
And though ancient Babylonia is often referred to in popular culture as a "lost" world, in fact much more evidence of mathematical learning from the period exists than from ancient Greece, said Chi.
If so, the genetics of Arabians should show convergence on an ancient ancestor of more than 125, 000 years ago.
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More recently, the authorities tried to develop Bam by rebuilding the ancient town as a tourist attraction and by building a car factory on the edge of the desert.
Stretching along British Columbia's island-dotted coastline, its marvels include ancient red cedar cathedrals (some of the trees are more than a thousand years old) and other towering trees, glacier-fed fjords and wooded islands.
The first important thing about the Parthenon is that, unlike most ancient Greek monuments, it survived more or less intact into modern times.
In ancient Mesopotamia the rough Semites attacked and eventually overcame the wealthier, more sophisticated Sumerians.
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