And though it remains a fairly socially conservative country - the continued influence of the Catholic Church is a key factor - it is also a socially tolerant country.
The emphasis on HDTV as being a key factor driving broad-based console sales kind of misses the point.
We understand that developing trust is a key factor of high-performing organizations both now and in the past.
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In looking at the economy as a whole, Dalio pays particular attention to the amount of credit that banks and other financial institutions are creating, which he regards as a key factor in over-all spending.
Analysts point to President Robert Mugabe's decision to offer huge unbudgeted pay-outs to Zimbabwe's war veterans in 1997 - after they had protested at being "ignored" - as a key factor in the start of that country's economic collapse.
The report's authors, who received information from almost 25, 000 students and around 200 corporate recruiters, note that given the current economic climate, value for money -- or "return on investment" to use a suitable business school-style term -- was a key factor in determining this year's rankings.
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For decades doctors and scientists obsessed over one key factor in heart attacks--high cholesterol--and devised drugs to treat it.
David Cameron said speed - not ethnicity - should be the key factor in getting children in to loving homes.
The U.S. will remain the strongest driver but will need to find markets for selling more as well as buying. (Investment flows, and the strength of the dollar, will figure in this.) Another key factor will be China--how fast it integrates into the world trading system as a nation, and as 30-odd provinces and zones.
Moral, ethical and just plain fair-play issues aside, a key issue in buy-sell planning is how the spouse should factor into the agreement.
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She says CareerBliss finds each year that work-life balance is a key factor in determining employee happiness.
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Police forces were asked to provide the number of crime reports in which either Facebook or Twitter was a key factor, and nearly two-thirds responded.
While many believe that set-pieces are the decisive factor in a game, for Mourinho the key to winning lies in transitions - the moment when possession changes hands from one side to another.
Island is a key factor in the success of fast-growing Internet brokerage Datek Online.
Proponents of the singularity typically state that an intelligence explosion is a key factor of the Singularity where super-intelligences design successive generations of increasingly powerful minds.
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The public has mostly focused on Erbitux's ability to slow tumor growth by blocking epidermal growth factor receptor, a key growth-promoting protein that is overabundant in many cancer cells.
The Met Office said a key factor in raising the alert had been night-time temperatures, with some areas not falling below 18C.
Those innocuous traits led investigators to initially believe the computer access from China using Bob's credentials was unauthorized -- and that some form of malware was sidestepping strong two-factor authentication that included a token RSA key fob under Bob's name.
The good news from the study is that while resilience is the key factor to overcoming great obstacles that are all-too-often part and parcel of daily life for the disadvantaged and at-risk population, it is a skill set that can be learned.
That notion was a key factor in the Laura Spence affair, he said - when Oxford was accused by the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, of being elitist after Laura, a comprehensive school pupil, failed to get a place to study medicine at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Ahead of the match, England vice-captain Frank Lampard had warned his team-mates that discipline on the field will be a key factor if they are to be successful in the tournament.
On a 50-minute tour, it becomes clear that geography is a key factor in the Schlumberger story.
Carbon dioxide emissions come from energy use, and energy is the key factor that makes modern economies so much more productive than pre-industrial societies.
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But his tactical awareness could be a key factor on Saturday against opposite number Francois Steyn, the talented 22-year-old who has stepped in at full-back for the Springboks after Conrad Jantjes was ruled out through injury.
Weather also appears to have been a key factor, as a tough winter led to a strong release of pent-up demand at the start of spring.
The current-account deficit, now around 5% of GDP, is a key factor: if capital flows into America slowed even more sharply, or dried up, the adjustment involved in reducing the current-account deficit could be painful both for America and the rest of the world.
Another key factor in improving investor sentiment is the fact that the recent declines average cost-per-click seem to be slowing, and overall CPC could be stabilizing.
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Furthermore, Pulis feels a key factor in explaining why Stoke have gone from a team challenging for a play-off place to one pushing for the Premier League is that goals have come from right through the team this season.
Finally, another factor, which will be key for the Treasury market in 2012, is so-called global risk appetite.
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The key factor behind the decline was residential construction, which stagnated in March after posting double-digit growth rates until January.
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