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• Common Cause — For other meanings, see Common Cause (disambiguation). Common Cause is a self described nonpartisan, nonprofit lobby and advocacy organization.[1] It was founded in 1970 by John W. Gardner, a Republican former cabinet secretary under Lyndon… …   Wikipedia

• Common-cause and special-cause — Type of variation Synonyms Common cause Chance cause Non assignable cause Noise Natural pattern Special cause Assignable cause Signal Unnatural pattern Common and special causes are the two distinct origins of variation in a process, as defined… …   Wikipedia

• Common Cause (disambiguation) — To make common cause is an idiom meaning to form an alliance, to cooperate towards a common goal . As a proper noun, Common Cause may refer to: Common Cause (U.S. lobbying group), the non partisan lobbying group, or its magazine Common Cause… …   Wikipedia

• Common Cause Partnership — The Common Cause Partnership is an Anglican college of bishops in the United States and Canada who have unified to create a separate ecclesiastical structure [http://www.acn us.org/archive/2007/09/anglican bishops take first steps to new… …   Wikipedia

• Common Cause (alliance) — For other meanings, see Common Cause (disambiguation). Logo of Common Cause Common Cause is an alliance of four republican political organisations in the Commonwealth of Nations seeking to remove the Monarchy in each realm and replace it with a… …   Wikipedia

• common cause — shared cause, shared interest …   English contemporary dictionary

• To make common cause with — Common Com mon, a. [Compar. {Commoner}; superl. {Commonest}.] [OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis; com + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E. mean low …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To make common cause with — Cause Cause (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. [1913 Webster] Cause is substance exerting its… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• make common cause — (often with with) to unite for a common object • • • Main Entry: ↑cause * * * make common cause (with someone) formal phrase to work together with a person, group etc that you do not usually agree with, in order to achieve a shared aim Several… …   Useful english dictionary

• make common cause with someone — make common cause with (someone) formal if one group of people makes common cause with another group, they work together in order to achieve something that both groups want. Environment protesters have made common cause with local people to stop… …   New idioms dictionary

• make common cause with — (someone) formal if one group of people makes common cause with another group, they work together in order to achieve something that both groups want. Environment protesters have made common cause with local people to stop the motorway from being …   New idioms dictionary