1.   And working mothers, who had been acclaimed as heroines for keeping the factories going, were suddenly declared a social problem.

2.   Even exports, which allowed manufacturers to keep their factories running efficiently this summer, will slow next year following the depreciation of a number of Southeast Asian currencies.

3.   Even strong demand overseas, which allowed manufacturers to keep their factories running this summer, will slow next year following the collapse of numerous Southeast Asian currencies.

4.   It showed that business activities slowed in its mid-Atlantic-states region this month as the sluggish economy kept factories from boosting production.

5.   Japanese automakers, in particular, are boosting exports to keep their factories working efficiently at home.

6.   Keeping factories running has already proved a challenge.

7.   One idea was simply to remanufacture old arms rather than trying to diagnose and repair their ills, basically by keeping bomb factories in a state of manufacturing readiness.

8.   Rising exports on the back of strong overseas demand is helping companies keep their factories running.

9.   Some manufacturers have kept their factories running efficiently because they boosted exports.

10.   Some automobile and machine makers have kept their factories running efficiently because they boosted exports.