In fact, religion is rarely the specific cause of conflict.
Mr. Dillman was declared dead at the scene, but the specific cause of death was unclear.
The specific cause of Samsung's issues with exploding batteries is unknown, the company just cites "a battery cell issue".
The specific cause of the disease was not established until 1967.
Though the specific cause of the outbreak has not been identified, "we have a somewhat improved understanding" of what the phenomenon is, Dr. Winkenwerder said.
The purpose of IVF is not to discover and treat the specific cause of a couple's infertility, but to circumvent it.
But many reporters knew the specific cause of death, and unusually for this small country where the collective spirit often collides with respect for privacy, they did not disclose it.
"I don't know what the specific cause of death was," Mr. Longo said, "but there was obvious physical trauma to her body".
The specific cause of excitement, this week, is the news that Richard Branson has made an investment in Clinkle, a mysterious startup that promises to revolutionise payments in some unspecified way, possibly by letting people send money from smartphone to smartphone using sound.
Whatever the specific cause of Hlavsa's cancer may have been, it is worth recalling that during the years of Communism, industries freely polluted the atmosphere without any of the inhibitions that come from public protest and that life expectancy sank accordingly.
"While we do not know the specific cause of this spike in diarrheal illnesses, it is possible that it was caused by spoiled food eaten at home or elsewhere," Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, said in a statement.
