They said the government acted because of fears that the crisis would cause a run on the banks.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

There also was the danger that fighting would cause slave states still in the Union to secede and join the southern Confederacy.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

The central bank would reject policies that it thought might cause bankers to take too much risk.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

He believed that the Philippines' takeover would cause the United States nothing but trouble.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

The proposal would not limit bankers' pay, but would allow the Fed to review, and possibly veto, pay policies that cause too much risk-taking at banks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki already warned lawmakers,Saturday, that a failure to approve the electoral law would cause the government to "lose its legitimacy" and thrust the country back into an atmosphere of chaos and violence.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26