Investigators chalked up the immediate cause to floodwaters that damaged the line and left it exposed.
The immediate cause of the delay is that the necessary computer systems are not ready.
The immediate cause is fear of disruptions in the supply of oil due to unrest in the Middle East.
The immediate cause of the latest upward lurch was a terrorist attack on Khobar in Saudi Arabia, apparently by al-Qaeda.
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Asked at a press conference on Monday for the immediate cause of his sacking, he was unable to give one.
The immediate cause of the cash catastrophe was the failure of the House of Representatives to pass the Wall Street bailout bill.
The immediate cause of the disaster was a breakdown in the snap-together final assembly process in Toulouse that has served the company well for over 30 years.
"The immediate cause of death is attributed to drowning associated with neck trauma, and the manner of death will be listed as accidental, " said a Los Angeles coroners' spokesman.
Dr Obel suspects the immediate cause is that male pregnancies are more likely to miscarry in response to stress than female pregnancies are, especially during the first three months.
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While inflation may fundamentally result from too great a creation of money, the proximate or immediate cause of its actual development is much more a function of expectations of what will happen next.
Authorities in Europe have said there is no immediate cause for health concerns, but government officials in the UK and Sweden are testing the meat to be sure there is no danger to public health.
But the immediate cause of the flooding was the failure of floodwalls and levees that were guaranteed to withstand a Katrina-sized storm surge, but failed thanks to faulty design and construction by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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While authorities said there is no immediate cause for health concerns, the discovery was a new shock to an industry already reeling from a bombshell last month, when Irish investigators found horse and pig DNA in numerous hamburger products.
No doubt, the immediate cause for the sudden rise in the price of oil and gasoline is fear of disruptions in the supply of oil due to unrest in the Middle East and the growing risk of war with Iran.
Whatever harsh words Mr Bush has to say about Iraq's failure to make a full declaration, some of his officials maintain that the administration will be patient, at least for a while, and will not cite the omissions as an immediate cause for war.
The airport itself points to problems with the fire safety system as the immediate cause of the delays: The fire safety system incorporates some 75, 000 sprinklers, but computer programming glitches mean it's not clear whether all of these sprinklers would spray enough water during a fire.
The most immediate cause of this New Peace was the demise of communism, which ended the proxy wars in the developing world stoked by the superpowers and also discredited genocidal ideologies that had justified the sacrifice of vast numbers of eggs to make a utopian omelet.
The immediate cause of the sharp fall in bond prices seems to have been rooted in the byzantine world of Italian politics, and in particular, an acrimonious spat between Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister, and Giulio Tremonti, the finance minister, over provisions in an emergency budget.
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Nothing to cause immediate remark, let alone offense, merely an indication.
Any broad based action would cause an immediate and very substantial dislocation in the markets.
This seems at odds, the IJ argued, with the notion that the failure to allow IRS to further regulate preparers for the current tax season would cause more immediate harm.
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Severe frostbite however requires immediate medical attention, because it can cause permanent damage to skin underlying tissue, bones and muscle, and can lead to complications including infection, and nerve damage.
Even so, the immediate danger is that a better outlook might cause a relaxation in fiscal discipline always Brazil's biggest weakness, and the underlying cause of its January devaluation.
The emotional reaction of one customer or individual may actually cause a similar reaction among others in the immediate vicinity .
Their immediate job was to work with the local Maquis to cause as much disruption as possible before D-day five weeks later.
Take my word for it as a former whistleblower: the prospect of an improbable, distant financial reward rarely will cause an individual to risk almost certain and immediate unemployment, intense hostility and potential lifetime career damage.
Their immediate incentive is thus to further the minister's individual cause.
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