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The devotion that young Chinese feel to the Internet is driven by deep factors ranging from youth unemployment and income inequality to political repression and the demographic imbalance between men and women.

The game got away from us very early. We had talked about how the first five to ten minutes of the game would be critical because that is when you have the opportunity to not only keep all the outside factors out of the game, but also to get them back on their heels -? to establish in your mind and their mind that we are here to play. Obviously, we did not do that.

The forecast seems optimistic because so many factors are out of Sony's control,

The current slowdown in consumer spending reflects factors such as slower employment growth, higher petrol prices, higher interest repayments and a slower housing market.

The clear message seems to be that while oil is a drag, it's not a downward driver of consumer spending, ... The labor market is generating good income in general and the housing market continues to deliver a positive wealth effect. These factors are helping to offset the impact of higher oil prices.

The combination of those factors is really going to affect the fact that people already are not saving and are piling on debt. The situation could get worse.

The combination of risk factors doesn't add up to a more significant or higher cardiovascular risk than the individual components.

the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a great many of the factors on which the achievements of our ends and welfare depend.

The findings suggest that genetic factors play an important role in lung cancer among never-smokers.

The conditions for a free float do not exist at present. The global economy is not balanced, there are still many unstable factors and there will be a lot of adjustments in future,

The complete sequence of the 1918 virus, demonstrating its avian origin, and focusing on those mutations that differentiate avian from human strains will be immensely helpful as we try to understand the factors that govern the epidemic behavior of the current crop of avian H5 viruses.

The competitive factors that initially compelled us to establish a separately traded class of common stock tied to our Internet operations have fundamentally changed.

You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can wind up focusing on misleading factors.

The details of the report suggest many of these drags on growth were one-off factors and that the underlying trend in 2006 remains strong.

America probably have the edge just in the sheer numbers of club pros they have - some 28,000 versus 6,500 - and due to the climate and other factors they probably generally play to a slightly higher level but it's important we play our own game and don't get sucked into playing theirs.

All of those types of factors will bode well for our industry as a whole, ... But they've yet to materialize fully so that we can say, 'Yup, we're off to the races.'

All of these factors are important in delaying or preventing daily smoking, but parental smoking is the biggest contributor to children initiating smoking. It really is a matter of 'do as I do' not 'do as I say' when it comes to smoking.

All of these factors are drawing in fund buying.

All of these factors are defocusing for operators, and distract them from their core business of rolling out services, combating churn (turnover) and ensuring that they can attract high paying subscribers.

All of these factors are being reflected at the pump.

All of these common factors are coming together at one time, and that time is a period of intense rack-up and demand for our product. So all of these things are making things very difficult for us.

All the factors point to an upturn from here,

All these factors create apprehension in the market and reinforce the view that we're on a knife's edge in terms of supply and demand. The uncertainties heighten the risk premium applied to this market.

All sorts of factors contribute to what Facebook or Twitter present in a feed, or what Google or Bing show us in search results. Our expectation is that those intermediaries will provide open conduits to others' content and that the variables in their processes just help yield the information we find most relevant.

The Master Settlement Agreement placed significant restrictions on the advertising and marketing practices of the tobacco companies, and also provided funding for an effective anti-smoking public education campaign targeted directly at youth. These new numbers conclusively demonstrate that the combination of these two factors -- together with the hard work of the Attorneys General and the public health community -- has resulted in major reduction in smoking rates since the MSA was signed.

The market will closely monitor planting progress, weather and weather forecasts, and weekly crop condition reports as they become available in order to judge 2006 production prospects. These factors will also provide producers with valuable information for gauging new crop pricing opportunities. The lesson of a year ago is that the weekly crop condition ratings are very valuable in judging U.S. average yield prospects.

The market's positive outlook for the Japanese economy continues to support the yen as it hit a two-month peak against the dollar, ... Technical factors continue to play a determining role in the behavior of the foreign exchange market as traders await next week's FOMC meeting. Despite recent encouraging euro-zone economic data, the euro is trading at a two-week low against the U.S. dollar.

The market looks like it wants to test that $55 to $57 range. Barring any other contributing factors it will probably get there.

The market has taken a cue from the New York market and advanced. But a lack of fresh factors is already sapping (investors') appetite.

The market (has) a slightly lower bias. Production curtailments in the Gulf remain supportive, while demand factors must now be considered.

The market is sensitive to structural factors at the moment and the current account deficit will be a negative in the medium-term for the dollar.

The market is really banking on the fact that all the factors that pushed it up last year are going to do so this year. The only thing that will stop it are higher interest rates and earnings disappointments -- at the moment it does not look like you are going to get any major earnings disappointments.

The market is changing positions today, and a rise in US Treasury prices is one of the factors that pushed up the market.

The latest raids reflect the commitment of the UAE authorities to safeguard the integrity of the IPR laws. The UAE's determined campaign against piracy has helped improve its standing in the international digital society. As a result, the country has attracted considerable investor attention, with many leading software companies setting up their development facilities and regional headquarters in the UAE. The UAE's strong anti-piracy stance has also helped support the growth of the local IT industry. These factors have combined to help diversify the country's economic activities, raise employment opportunities and accelerate economic growth.

The main factors we reviewed were currency risks ? both mid and long-term, the record of productivity and performance at our Sunderland plant, the effect of assistance from the UK and opportunities coming from our alliance with Renault,

The main factors for us are manpower and equipment resources. We're not limited by geography, but even if we had more personnel, we still would need another production truck and three more cameras to do all the games, and that's not all.

The load factors are unprecedented, and in a pre-9/11 environment, this would clearly be a boon to (higher fares). With the way things are, we are only getting a modest (fare) benefit.

The job picture is as bad as it's been in the past 18 months. I don't think we can find enough special qualifying factors to give us an increase in payrolls.

Uncertainty causes more anxiety than perhaps any other single factor.

Unfortunately, on one or both of my shoulders sits lots of anxiety and that is a controlling factor in my life.

I have a love factor with the minorities.

The correct form factor for a laptop is obviously 12" and 2 lbs, and I don't understand why everybody gets that wrong.

Don't push growth; remove the factors limiting growth.

Reading have got the good factor

In all my works, light is an important controlling factor.

Eternal values, not temporal ones, should become the deciding factors for your decisions.

What you do off the job is determining factor in how far you will go on the job.

The primary success factor is knowing how to learn from others and rely on yourself.

Intellectual capital is the most valuable of all factors of production.

There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion.

Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.

PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.

Irrespective of whether you suspect you are able to do a factor or not, that you are right

The common factor of all religions is nonviolence.

The defining factor [for success] is never resources; it’s resourcefulness.

The web is just going to be one more of those major change factors that businesses face every decade.