But the real push factor to the sex trafficking trade was gender inequality.
The economy has been a major push factor for residents in the Frost Belt, particularly those in hard-hit areas like Michigan.
If the U.S. continues to hurtle toward the fiscal cliff and shows signs of falling over, that could be a factor helping push crude oil under that triangle support line.
Add the pressure of fitting in work and year-end deadlines, and the family factor can easily push us over the edge.
Political turmoil is another factor that can push up prices.
Many practice knowledge management to a fine degree of formalization, while they push aside key aspect of the human factor as an HR issue.
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In an interview, he said Continental's push for change at Smithfield was no factor in the deal with Shuanghui, with whom Smithfield had held talks on a combination as far back as 2009.
And while the American current-account deficit is one important factor at work, others are tending to push in a different direction.
They also help banks to push their products to a broader range of customers: one factor behind NationsBank's profits growth was cross-selling through Boatmen's, a bank it acquired last year.
The study revolves around a previously fuzzy factor called market impact, which is the extent to which trading tends to push prices against you.
But another big factor is in the way the health care system, like a giant, automated machine, tends to push patients into particular outcomes.
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