Many Cuban Americans say money should not be a factor in regard to the embargo as long as the Cuban government represses freedom and aggressively opposes US policies.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Last year,a study in the medical journal Neurology found smoking to be an established risk factor in developing the disease.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

The third factor is a sense of pride in country and unity with other citizens.

VOA: special.2009.12.19

"While cost remains a major factor in decisions about where to off-source, the quality of the labor pool is gaining importance, and this includes English language skills."

VOA: special.2011.01.21

The Canadian-American writer John Geiger wrote about this in a recent book called The Third Man Factor. The book will soon be published in several languages, including Chinese, Korean and Japanese.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

One reporter questioned whether the artificial turf at San Jose's Ricardo Saprissa Stadium was a major factor in that loss.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

"It's a risk factor in a similar way that elevated cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

In order to attract the rabbit's own stem cells to re-grow the cartilage, channels in the scaffold were filled with a growth factor protein.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Columnist David Ignatius agrees with the president's move, saying Pakistan is a key factor in the new strategy,and the pressure on it must be increased.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

Incumbent leader Hamid Karzai currently holds some But if turns out that vote fraud was a significant factor in the election, then the percentages become meaningless.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"We know that it is a risk factor but we can't attribute the rise in autism to the shifting trend towards having children later in life."

VOA: standard.2010.02.10

And the fact that all of our visas are fingerprint,bio-metric fingerprints based on ensuring that that person's identity is proven is a very important factor in this,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"Exposure to tobacco smoke is a risk factor for cardiac disease already in adolescents, and that's why this study supports that children and adolescents need smoke-free environments."

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

He says communication was a major factor in containing the virus.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

"But they have to be a little bit careful to overstate that." Both political parties also see the continuing congressional debate on health care reform as a key factor in next year's midterm elections.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"We did not anticipate that there would be an increase in this group and we believe it may be an indicator of a new risk factor for gastric cancer which has not yet been identified."

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

"I think,in very general terms, in the last year or two, that the strident public criticism and denunciation rom the outside has also been a factor and has in my view has been something of a mistake,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

The paper's authors tried to take into account other factors, but they admit it may not have been entirely possible to quantify differences in, for example,the recipient's health, which can be a big factor in the success of a transplant.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14