The incident was a direct contributor to the founding of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Cholesterol is a direct contributor to cardiovascular disease, which can lead to strokes and heart attacks.

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Acts in the 1930s were direct contributors to World War II.

But as the country grew richer, its corruption became extravagant - to the point that some see it as a direct contributor to the meltdown.

"The most direct contributor to this is housing prices," said David Liu, a mortgage strategist at UBS, the investment bank.

This resentment clouded Doane's judgement for years and was a direct contributor to the failed 1876 Snake River Expedition.

Two large building projects were direct contributors to the university's financial problems.

The reality is that poor people in distant regions are direct net contributors to the EU budget.

Studies by Gradman and Hanania have shown that regular out of class reading is the most important direct contributor to success on the TOEFL test.

Plank was involved with the following chronological list of albums, either as a direct contributor or because his studio facilities were used.