Because Crosby was uncomfortable with the exigencies of live television, he insisted that it be filmed instead.

Because of traditionally close links with the U. S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands has used the US dollar as its currency since 1959.

Because of company resistance to his goals, and his cost overruns on the film ( it cost US $ 30, 000 dollars to produce ), Griffith left Biograph.

Because of the particular rarity of the granite, the best stones can cost as much as US $ 1, 500.

Because the collagen is processed extensively, the final product is not categorized as a meat or animal product by the US federal government.

Because of a US military embargo against Germany that restricted helium supplies, the Hindenburg, like all German Zeppelins, was forced to use hydrogen as the lift gas.

Because of this, Finkelstein repeatedly asserts that " fraudulent " claims were made on Switzerland, while accounts and assets in the US and Israel were ignored.

Because of these regulatory restrictions on ownership, hedge funds have been exempted from mandatory registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which is generally intended to regulate investment funds sold to retail investors.

Because of Koyama's considerable wealth, money was rarely considered an obstacle ; estimates at the time of completion put the cost of the project at US $ 350 million.

Because of this favored position, the US asked the Baring firm to handle the transaction.

Because of the low availability relative to demand, rhenium is among the most expensive of metals, with an average price of approximately US $ 4, 575 per kilogram ( US $ 142. 30 per troy ounce ) as of August 2011 ; it is also of critical strategic military importance, for its use in high performance military jet and rocket engines.

* 1977 – Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.

Because the attacks on the United States were judged to be within the parameters of its charter, NATO declared that Article 5 of the NATO agreement was satisfied on September 12, 2001, making the US war on terrorism the first time since its inception that NATO would actually participate in a " hot " war.

Because of its depth and relative ease of access, the US Navy uses Seneca Lake to perform test and evaluation of equipment ranging from single element transducers to complex sonar arrays and systems.

Because US aircraft need to be flown for some time before they are certified, there is a provision for an experimental airworthiness certificate.

Because the US Congress was divided between slave and non-slave state members, it could not reach agreement on supporting construction of a particular route.

Because nearby loads are often correlated ( hot weather in the Southwest portion of the US might cause many people to use air conditioners ), electricity often comes from distant sources.

Because of its low density and relatively low price ( about US $ 50 per tonne of unexpanded perlite ), many commercial applications for perlite have developed.

Because many automatic belt system designs compliant with the US passive-restraint mandate did not meet the safety performance requirements of Canada — which were not weakened to accommodate automatic belts — vehicle models which had been eligible for easy importation in either direction across the US-Canada border when equipped with manual belts became ineligible for importation in either direction once the US variants got automatic belts and the Canadian versions retained manual belts.

Because the US Department of the Interior Division of Names commonly recognizes names of natural features derived from the nearest post office, the feature acquired the name of " Meteor Crater " from the nearby post office named Meteor.

Because countries like Gabon and Nigeria account for as much as 15 % of US crude oil imports, US companies are believed to regard the area as highly prospective.

Because of this, California sea lions are commonly found in public displays in zoos, circuses and oceanariums, where they are known as the classic " seals ," and are trained by the US Navy for certain military operations.

Because the Netherlands ' hope for liberation was now the entry of the US or the USSR into the war, the Queen dismissed her prime minister and replaced him with Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, who worked with Churchill and Roosevelt on ways to smooth the path for an American entry.

Because of the tortuous terrain in places, villages and towns in the mountains — to which travel via motorized vehicles are of little use — are still located in the high Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador.

Because they can be more energetic than the potential energy that chemical fuel allows for, some laser or microwave powered rocket concepts have the potential to launch vehicles into orbit, single stage.

Because many miniature vehicles were originally sold as playthings, there is no precise difference between a model car and a toy car, yet the kit building hobby became popular through the 1950s, while the collecting of miniature by adults started to pick up steam around 1970.

Because of higher stock performance and their ability to be driven for longer periods of time, mechanical wear in nitro vehicles is generally greater than in electric vehicles.

Because the marionettes could not be made to walk convincingly, most scenes depicted the characters either standing or sitting, or placed them in settings that allowed the use of vehicles and other mechanical transportation systems.

Because of its elevation, snow often makes parts of the park inaccessible to vehicles from October through May.

Because of the situation in the National Park, vehicles with internal combustion engines are only allowed with special permission.

Because it is a fully balanced configuration, the straight-six can be scaled up to very large sizes for heavy truck, industrial and marine use, such as the Volvo diesel engine and the 15 L Cummins ISX used in heavy vehicles.

The system was unbalanced, the driving wheel would easily spin, etc .. Because of these problems, few such vehicles were made.

Because it is noncompressible, mineral oil is used as a hydraulic fluid in hydraulic machinery and vehicles.

Because of these problems, waveriders have not found favor with practical aerodynamic designers, despite the fact that they might make long-distance hypersonic vehicles efficient enough to carry air freight.

Because of this, kulintang music was rare socially approved vehicles for interaction among the sexes.

Because of these attributes, bulldozers are used to clear areas of obstacles, shrubbery, burnt vehicles, and remains of structures.

Because of its adopted role of as an impromptu heavy tank destroyer, capable of knocking out the heaviest German armoured vehicles — Tiger and Panther tanks, and Elefant tank destroyers — it was nicknamed Zveroboy, " beast killer ".

Because plates are linked to drivers rather than to vehicles, many of these older plates are still in use.

Because the T-26 was in such wide use and was a reliable platform, a variety of engineer vehicles were built on the chassis, including flamethrowers and bridgelayers.

Because the day is auspicious, people inaugurate new vehicles, machines, books, weapons and tools by ceremonially asking god to bless the new items.

Because it assures constant camber, dependent ( and semi-independent ) suspension is most common on vehicles that need to carry large loads as a proportion of the vehicle weight, that have relatively soft springs and that do not ( for cost and simplicity reasons ) use active suspensions.

Because they contain long stretches of smooth, well-engineered roads without general speed limits, German Autobahns are often used-officially and unofficially-by car manufacturers and other parties to test the performance of sports cars ( or other high performance vehicles ) in a setting where they can reach their full potential.

Because its subterranean location complicated access by firefighting vehicles and personnel, the complex was fashioned from fire-retardant and fireproof materials, making it one of the most fire-safe structures in the country.

Because of the number of visitors, the cemetery's developers carefully regulated the grounds: They had a policy to remove " offensive and improper " monuments and only " proprietors " ( i. e., plot owners ) could have vehicles on the grounds and were allowed within the gates on Sundays and holidays.

Because of its egg shape and bubble-like windows, it became known as a bubble car, a name later given to other similar vehicles.

Because of the above property of hydropneumatics, Citroën vehicles can have a rear that is set very soft ; one can easily push the empty car down with his hand.

Because of the West's dry, cold climate, the cars, many of them 25 to 40 years old, were in better shape than comparable vehicles that had been driven on Ontario's salted roads.