My parents justifiably believed that professional status would allow me to have a better life than they had.
Despite their lack of fully professional status, Burton have a clutch of players with Football League backgrounds, including top scorer Daryl Clare.
Even in South Africa, one of the better postings over the years for a Cuban doctor, the negation of professional status can become too much.
Unfortunately for him, a poor finish dragged into the new season, with a switch to professional status just before the opening game bringing with it inevitable teething problems.
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" The site produces a steady stream of personal and professional status updates such as "Joe Smith closed a big sale in China" or "Maggie Jones just hired a new chief of marketing.
The professional or amateur status of an inventor is relevant, since professional inventors earn ordinary income.
This might be about status and professional respect as well as levels of pay.
He concludes that happiness bears almost no relation to wealth, professional standing or marital status, and is 80% inherited.
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Tom Coburn (R-OK) introduced a bill to eliminate the tax-exempt status of professional sports leagues, such as the NFL (yes, Virginia, the NFL is tax-exempt).
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They hoped I would achieve professional success and social status.
Along the way, Joe the Plumber became political road-kill, his professional, political and tax status the object of withering scrutiny and criticism.
The Nets claim to be the first major professional sports team to achieve carbon-neutral status.
The status of a partner in a large multi-state professional partnership has elements of being an employee, a sole proprietor and the owner of a large multi-state flow through corporation.
"Having a national, professional qualification for head teachers has helped to raise the profile and status of school leadership in this country and it is something we should be proud of, " said Mr Lightman.
As a B2B marketing professional, it would be easy to lament this apparent second-class status.
"London was where the athletes became professional, where they became elite and celebrated their elevation to a new status, " the newspaper added.
However, the real estate professional special rules that apply when rental activities are aggregated to achieve material participation status suggest trade or business treatment.
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Now, five years on, the DeathAdder is used by more professional gamers than any other gaming mouse, a testament to its prowess in securing them legendary status in the history of competitive gaming.
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To that end, do update your online status immediately, on LikedIn and possibly on Facebook too, if you have lots of professional contacts among your friends there.
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