And I suggest further that the main cause of the trouble we are in has been the failure of American policy-makers, ever since we assumed free world leadership in 1945, to deal with this problem realistically and seriously.

At length, Ish-bosheth lost the main prop of his tottering cause by accusing Abner of sleeping with Rizpah ( cf.

Along with James II's perceived despotism, his religion was the main cause of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, and the previous linked religious and succession problems solved by the joint monarchy of William and Mary.

The Buddha held that attachment to the appearance of a permanent self in this world of change is the cause of suffering, and the main obstacle to liberation.

Conversely, Fleet Captain Honoré Ganteaume later reported the cause as an explosion on the quarterdeck, preceded by a series of minor fires on the main deck among the ship's boats.

A lack of a healthy micro-organism community is the main reason why composting processes are slow in landfills with environmental factors such as lack of oxygen, nutrients or water being the cause of the depleted biological community.

The main cause of the problem was that the disk drive itself did not feature any means of detecting when the read / write head had reached track zero.

It has two main groups: " straights ", now the minority, emphasize vitalism, innate intelligence and spinal adjustments, and consider vertebral subluxations to be the cause of all disease ; " mixers ", the majority, are more open to mainstream views and conventional medical techniques, such as exercise, massage, and ice therapy.

This indifferent attitude of Amsterdam was the main cause of the slow, half-hearted policy, which would eventually lead to losing the colony.

There are three main types of fault, all of which may cause an earthquake: normal, reverse ( thrust ) and strike-slip.

Bipedalism is the basic adaption of the Hominin line and is considered the main cause behind a suite of skeletal changes shared by all bipedal hominins.

Though more than 99 % of the dry atmosphere is IR transparent ( because the main constituents — N < sub > 2 </ sub >, O < sub > 2 </ sub >, and Ar — are not able to directly absorb or emit infrared radiation ), intermolecular collisions cause the energy absorbed and emitted by the greenhouse gases to be shared with the other, non-IR-active, gases.

William had already acquired the reputation of being the main champion in Europe of the Protestant cause against Catholicism and French absolutism ; in the developing English crisis he saw an opportunity to prevent an Anglo-French alliance and bring England to the anti-French side, by carrying out a military intervention directed against James.

Kashubians who were suspected to support the Polish cause, particularly those with higher education, were arrested and executed, the main place of executions being Piaśnica ( Groß Plaßnitz ), where about 12, 000 were executed.

The main cause for this is that the lungs of the human fetus are among the last organs to develop during pregnancy.

The main cause of the Duchenne and Becker types of muscular dystrophy is the muscle tissue's cytoskeletal impairment to properly create the functional protein dystrophin and dystrophin-associated protein complex.

Safari 4 is now also more crash resistant, being able to isolate plug-ins which are the main cause of web browser crashes.

UV-B radiation can be harmful to the skin and is the main cause of sunburn ; excessive exposure can also cause genetic damage, resulting in problems such as skin cancer.

Psychological egoists argue that although some actions may not clearly cause physical nor social positivity, nor avoid negativity, one's current contemplation or reactionary mental expectation of these is the main factor of the decision.

Historians that attribute responsibility for the war to Athens cite this event as the main cause for blame.

A stormy courtship followed ; Scott was not her only suitor — his main rival was would-be novelist Gilbert Cannan — and his absences at sea did not assist his cause.

The book's main idea is that high levels of fat intake are the cause of many health disorders common in the U. S., and thus that cutting fat consumption down to 10 % of the total calories consumed would be optimal for most people.

Rado concluded that pursuing the genital organs of the opposite sex is the standard form of achieving genital stimulation and that the main cause of homosexuality is anxiety, although he granted that " constitutional factors may have an influence on morbid sex developments.

The Battle of Carthage was the main engagement of the Third Punic War between the Punic city of Carthage in Africa and the Roman Republic.

In the Punic Wars, despite the Roman and Carthaginian armies ' different organizations, skimishers had the same role in both: to screen the main armies.

Despite the growth of Punic, Latin, and later Arabic, it remained the main language of Algeria until the invasion of the Banu Hilal in the 11th century.

This situation continued until the First Punic War: the main task of the Roman fleet was patrolling along the Italian coast and rivers, protecting seaborne trade from piracy.

During the Punic Wars, one of Carthage's main advantages over Roman armies were its extensive use of Numidian Light Cavalry.

* Rome and Carthage, Mid 3rd century BC-146 BC: The main contest regarding Mediterranean dominance, often being fought through the Punic Wars.

There are two main features in this history, chapters 1-42 deal with Missionary Work, and chapters 43-63 contain the Wars.

The main source for the Greco-Persian Wars is the Greek historian Herodotus.

The main challenge to the Jefferson Administration was maintaining neutrality during the Napoleonic Wars.

* 1886 – Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U. S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.

The main naval base for the British fleet Scapa Flow in both the First and Second World Wars was situated at Lyness in the south-east of the island.

Sir William Wallace ( Medieval Gaelic: Uilliam Uallas ; modern Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas ; Norman French: William le Waleys ; ; died 23 August 1305 ) was a Scottish knight and landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence.

* The Greek historian Herodotus, the main source for the Greco-Persian Wars, mentions Pheidippides as the messenger who runs from Athens to Sparta asking for help, and then runs back, a distance of over 240 kilometres each way.

The main effect of the War of 1812 on the wider Napoleonic Wars was to force Britain to divert troops, supplies and funds to defend Canada.

* On the CGI animated show Beast Wars: Transformers, Cheetor, one of the main characters on the Maximal faction, had the beast form of a cheetah.

From the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 until World War I in 1914, the United Kingdom played the role of hegemon, where the balance of power was the main aim.

Delderfield, in the person of Powlett-Jones, appears to have a very good grasp of Margaret's life and the Wars of the Roses, and the content and development of the book give us an entertaining sub-plot to the book's main narrative.

The main source for the Greco-Persian Wars is the Greek historian Herodotus.

The Greek historian Herodotus, the main source for the Greco-Persian Wars, mentions Pheidippides as the messenger who ran from Athens to Sparta asking for help.

She is one of the main protagonists of the original Star Wars trilogy.

Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the original film trilogy of the Star Wars franchise, where he is portrayed by Mark Hamill.

Darth Vader ( born Anakin Skywalker ) is the central character of the Star Wars saga, appearing as one of the main antagonists of the original trilogy and as the main protagonist of the prequel trilogy.

Of the six main Star Wars films, it was the second to be released and the fifth in terms of internal chronology.

During the Wars of the Roses, Richard, Duke of York, seized the castle and turned it into one of his main strongholds.

On the commentary soundtrack to the 2004 DVD release of Star Wars, writer and director George Lucas describes R2-D2 as " the main driving force of the movie ... what you say in the movie business is the MacGuffin ... the object of everybody's search ".

He is the main antagonist of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and is a supporting villain in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

Dooku is the main antagonist of the animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars ( 2003 – 2005 ), in which he is portrayed by voice actor Corey Burton.