41.   Leonardo Alcivar, a Police Department spokesman, said that police officials did not realize then that their new counting methods were causing the increases.

42.   Local media reports have exaggerated the news and that is causing the increase in the index, he said.

43.   Lower milk production nationally and higher costs have caused an increase in ice cream prices for consumers and companies alike.

44.   Marquis said the increase was likely caused by El Nino.

45.   Most were migrants and research is clear that internal migration can cause an increase in suicide because it breaks important bonds between the individual and the social system.

46.   One problem with distillation units is that the heating elements may cause an increase in energy bills.

47.   Since the payments will not be indexed, the bill would cause tax increases for poorer families to increase over time, the study said.

48.   Some people think the loss of the whales may have caused increases in the populations of penguins and seals by making more krill available.

49.   Some suspect that environmental toxins or childhood vaccines are causing the increase.

50.   That repayment, if not reversed by the courts, would cause steep increases in Suffolk County property taxes.