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Experts speculated that dry-lot cows can’t sweat as freely as free-range cows, and that weather and feedlot conditions contributed to deadly heat exhaustion.
From Los Angeles Times
The FDA’s powerful drug division has had five leaders in the past year, contributing to an unprecedented level of turmoil at the agency responsible for ensuring the drugs Americans take are safe and effective.
The Justice Department and other victims’ families had also made their claims about who or what had contributed to the collision.
Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw are among the celebrity donors who have contributed to the fundraiser organized by the late actor’s friends.
From Los Angeles Times
In 2010, there was a dispute between Iceland and the UK over whether Iceland should contribute to compensating UK depositors in the failed Icelandic banks.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.