Because, honey, I thought silently, there are plenty of desert islands in every marriage -- long periods when you're hopelessly stranded, together.

Because the rake angle Af at the tip of the knife is very much smaller ( or even negative ) when compared to the value of **yc for the major portion of the knife, a very rapid increase in cutting force with thickness will result.

Because of its bright green color when polished, amazonite is sometimes cut and used as a gemstone, although it is easily fractured.

Because the differences between the prices are likely to be small ( and not to last very long ), this can be done profitably only with computers examining a large number of prices and automatically exercising a trade when the prices are far enough out of balance.

Because of the effects of the Great Depression on the Detroit area, his father moved the family to Boothwyn, Pennsylvania, near the town of Chester, when Bill was seven years old.

Because Chaplin was not a trained musician, he could not read notes and needed the help of professional composers, such as David Raksin, Raymond Rasch and Eric James, when creating his scores.

Because SWNTs are p-FETs when exposed to oxygen and n-FETs otherwise, it is possible to protect half of an SWNT from oxygen exposure, while exposing the other half to oxygen.

Because of the Jews ' rejection of Jesus, Jewish sovereignty over the promised earthly kingdom of Jerusalem and Palestine was postponed from the time of Christ's first coming until prior to or just after his Second Coming when most or all Jews will embrace him.

Because Ω depends on the program encoding used, it is sometimes called Chaitin's construction instead of Chaitin's constant when not referring to any specific encoding.

Because uniformed volunteer disaster responders are accorded a higher level of trust than unaffiliated volunteers when responding in a disaster, many sponsoring agencies require a criminal background-check of all trainees before allowing them to participate on a CERT.

Because the strength of the force falls off rapidly with distance, it is only measurable when the distance between the objects is extremely small.

Because the methods are independent, when one of several methods is in error, it is very unlikely to be in error in the same way as any of the other methods, and a difference between the measurements will be observed.

Because of this many beaches and pools prohibit diving in shallow waters or when a lifeguard is not on duty.

Because of this and many other factors, Dar es Salaam has become an exceptional city when it comes to safety, whether it be fear or simply a culture of peace.

Because Titus effectively acted as co-emperor with his father, no abrupt change in Flavian policy occurred when Vespasian died on 23 June 79.

Because of the high reactivity, samples of solid europium rarely have the shiny appearance of the fresh metal, even when coated with a protective layer of mineral oil.

Because the orbital plane of the Moon is tilted with respect to the orbital plane of the Earth ( the ecliptic ), eclipses can occur only when the Moon is close to the intersection of these two planes ( the nodes ).

Because of this, when the first 386-based system ( the Compaq Deskpro 386 ) hit the market in 1986, it still supported 16-bit slots.

Because of this, some medical professionals advise the use of condoms when performing or receiving fellatio with a partner whose STD status is unknown.

Because of his early fame as a director, his name was listed " above the title " of his films when they were publicized.

Because Galen's works were not translated into Latin in the ancient period, and because of the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West, the study of Galen, along with the Greek medical tradition as a whole, went into decline in Western Europe during the Early Middle Ages, when very few Latin scholars could read Greek.

Because of the relative price of gin, when compared with other drinks available at the same time and in the same geographic location, gin became popular with the poor.

Because he had earned a master's in a scientific field from a " white " institution, some faculty perceived him as arrogant when a young man.

Because hemoglobin is a darker red when it is not bound to oxygen ( deoxyhemoglobin ), as opposed to the rich red color that it has when bound to oxygen ( oxyhemoglobin ), when seen through the skin it has an increased tendency to reflect blue light back to the eye.

The maid then told her, `` Because he fired me ''.

Because of her beauty, other gods feared that jealousy would interrupt the peace among them and lead to war, and so Zeus married her to Hephaestus, who was not viewed as a threat.

Because of the radical departure from traditional behavior and theatrical convention involved in Nora's leaving home, her act of slamming the door as she leaves has come to represent the play itself.

Because Frances and Elsie insisted that the fairies would not show themselves if others were watching, Elsie's mother was persuaded to visit her sister's for tea, leaving the girls alone.

Because her father's job required the family to move often, Flockhart and her brother grew up in several places including Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Norwich, New York.

Because the first duke had no surviving sons, the title was allowed ( by a special Act of Parliament ) to pass to his eldest daughter in her own right.

Because the 16th Earl held land from the Crown by knight service, after his father's death on 3 August 1562, Oxford became a royal ward of the 29-year-old Queen, and was placed in the household of Sir William Cecil, her Secretary of State and chief advisor.

Because " accidental " prescription pill overdoses have become commonplace, the medical department sends over two cynical, uncaring technicians who use a " Black Cobra " stomach pump to flush the poisons out of Mildred's system and replace her blood with a fresh, mechanical replacement.

Because no one in the house paid attention to her singing she never got the feeling that any of them thought she had a good voice but after an initial rush of stage fright before her first solo, Gaynor's confidence in her singing grew.

Because she was not considered physically beautiful, and thus not thought to have much chance of marriage, and because of her intelligence, her father invested in an education not often afforded women.

Because Bergman was taller than her leading man, Bogart had blocks attached to his shoes in certain scenes.

Because of her outstanding intellect, she often discussed the classics and the affairs of state with ambassadors.

Because they were marked with the letter K ( for Voronezh Komintern Factory ), Red Army troops adopted a nickname from Mikhail Isakovsky's popular wartime song, " Katyusha ", about a girl longing for her absent beloved, who has gone away on military service.

Because the body is placed in a low position in the kowtow, the idea is that one will naturally convert to his or her mind a feeling of respect.

Because he explicitly both rejected Leninist vanguardism and criticised spontaneism ...( for ) Cornelius Castoriadis the emancipation of the mass of people was the task of those people ; however, the socialist thinker could not simply fold his or her arms.

Because her international fame was triggered by moving images, she is a watershed figure in the history of modern celebrity and, as one of silent film's most important performers and producers, her contract demands were central to shaping the Hollywood industry.

Because of her actions, one of her squad gets shot, and she is put on a desk job.

Because of this, and because of extra-biblical traditions about her subsequent missionary activity in spreading the Gospel, she is known by the title, " Equal of the Apostles ".