It was heavily targeted to an African-American audience, a factor that often means the film won't play well abroad.
Early voting in one form or another has been a factor in American politics for at least 20 years, says Trey Hood, associate professor of political science at the University of Georgia.
Increasingly, Israel seems to be a threshold factor for Jewish American voters.
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That is a traditional weakness of Latin American banks, and was a factor in the collapse of banks in 1994-5 in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela.
It is likely that political pressures from a disillusioned American public will be a major factor in setting the minimal goals and time schedule for U.S. troop withdrawal.
And while the American current-account deficit is one important factor at work, others are tending to push in a different direction.
If you had to pinpoint the single most important factor to decision-makers in American higher education, it would not be truth, it would not be justice, and it certainly would not be effective teaching and learning.
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He's not interested in conforming to a mainstream standard and was hell-bent on avoiding what he called "the karaoke culture" of "American Idol, " "The X Factor" and other programs in which singing is a competition for the mass taste.
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Fox broadcasts both American Idol and the US version of The X-Factor.
Perceptions of firm American support for Israel may be the single most decisive factor in the calculations of her regional enemies concerning the consequences of attacks against the Jewish state.
In truth, the factor that has changed the tactics of the American administration is less legal than mechanical: the advent of drones that can be directed with lethal accuracy (most of the time) from offices in Virginia.
The second factor is the wholesale restructuring of chunks of the American economy.
And that's the really - I think that's the big factor, the unknown here, is when do American consumers begin taking energy efficiency seriously?
The case followed a dispute between Fuller and Simon Cowell in 2004 over similarities between Fuller's American Idol and Cowell's UK show, The X Factor.
They miss the fundamental and infinitely more exciting factor of the mobility, turbulence and creativity of the American economy.
Of course, eventually American consumers might adjust their consumption habits (which speaks to the lag factor).
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Another factor is that there now is lots of competition also pursuing American consumers who want high-mileage small cars.
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In Alaska, where nearly 15% of the population is American Indian or Alaskan Indian, Berkowitz says this could be a key factor.
"In my study, the model minority pressure is a huge factor, " says Noh, who studied 41 Asian-American women who'd attempted or contemplated suicide.
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Add to this set of cultural strengths a second factor: the huge advantages brought by the size of the American domestic market for entertainment.
The British creator of Pop Idol and US version American Idol sued Fox and producers FremantleMedia, seeking a credit and fees from the US X Factor.
Factor in that the region's average is abysmal, and by global standards Latin American teachers are themselves very poorly educated.
But a more recent study of 12, 000 American men and women found that high Lp-PLA2 levels were an independent heart-disease risk factor mainly in those patients with relatively low cholesterol levels.
Idolmania has spread rapidly in Asia, with both American Idol and countless spinoffs broadcast throughout the region. (India's copycat shows have particularly colorful names, such as Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar.) American Idol is broadcast to over 100 nations outside of the U.S., while X Factor appears in, among other countries, Australia, India and Kazakhstan, with Simon Cowell benefiting from its international success.
The Australian and European success at exporting leaves American producers, which loom increasingly large in the domestic U.S. market, still a minor factor abroad.
To this internal scenario, the result of the American elections could be a catalyst or obstacle for changes, but it is no longer the most important factor to consider.
There are reports that Simon Fuller, who created Pop Idol in the U.K. which morphed into American Idol here, is suing Fox for an executive producer credit on the upcoming talent show The X Factor.
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Fuller sued Cowell for copyright infringement, over claims The X Factor copied the format of Fuller's show, Pop Idol - the original forerunner to American Idol - which was screened in the UK from 2001 to 2003.
It is the American physician's dread of lawsuits that drives up the cost of health care more than any other single factor.
African-American voters, for example, were a significant voting bloc in South Carolina, and Hispanic voters were a factor in Arizona and New Mexico.
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