"They have very strong preferences, but not along any axis we could quantify, " says Dr. Parichy.

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And though Axis tries to avoid having any people working overtime hours, in the event the client company requires intensive overtime work, Axis has a unique pay structure for its employees.

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Choosing iOS also means you can't make Axis your default browser, so any links you get from other apps can't be directly shared with Yahoo's mobile app.

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The most significant feature of Nevins's garden at Middlefield is the hornbeam room, entered as one moves up a flight of stone-and-grass steps toward a bench set on axis with what is the beating heart of any country house in summer, the well-used and much-loved screened porch.

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You can bookmark any page and get at it later through a common portal -- hence the Axis name.

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