Teachers and others are not strike happy people.

BBC: Transcript of Peter Hain interview

When I select a strike to sell, I make sure I am happy with where I capped my return in the event I get my shares called away and the stock exceeds the strike price.

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So how to strike the tenuous balance between keeping employees happy and paying them a reasonable rate?

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While Mrs Clinton reiterated that the US did not believe in spheres of influence, she was clearly trying to strike a balance between keeping pro-Western forces in Ukraine and Georgia happy and not upsetting Moscow.

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Ryan also is happy to lend his Catholic moral theology credentials to his new boss, who sometimes struggles to strike a chord with religious voters.

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