The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens.

首先，我们迫切地需要相信世界有意义，相信每个结果都有原因，每件事发生都有理由。

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These values are a cause for concern and determining the biology behind this is the first step to remedy the trend.

这些可怕的数值是我们要研究其背后的生物学原理的原因，这是纠正这一趋势的第一步。

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Now, for the first time, researchers can point to one possible cause: the passive recipient's genes are actually being affected.

现在，研究人员第一次可以指出一个可能的原因：被动吸烟者的基因实际上正在受到影响。

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"Now that we have discovered the endogenous capsaicin molecules, for the first time, we can block their synthesis and therefore we can treat pain at its cause."

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The number of U.S.-born Hispanics has reached more than a million a year, for the first time surpassing immigration as the leading cause of growth.

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Early this month the new president of the commission, Romano Prodi, took up their cause, calling for the first accession dates to be set at Helsinki.

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Baring flesh as protest is not new, though John Brennan of Oregon may be the first to go completely nude for the anti-TSA cause (thus opening himself up to indecent exposure charges).

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