And even software developers in large companies often still fancy themselves as independent souls who, in their dreams, find fame and fortune founding a start-up and striking it rich.
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But the rate of long-term unemployment, 3 percent in January, is precisely triple its 2001-07 average, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek calculation based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data. (Those two rates 4.9 percent and 3 percent add up to the overall unemployment rate of 7.9 percent.) A striking statistic: The long-term unemployed make up 38 percent of all workers without jobs, double the average share and just a few notches down from the 2010-11 peak of 45 percent.
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You do not have to be standing still over the ball when playing a shot, so striking the ball with a run-up is okay.
They are also striking up relations with private-sector organisations.
The striking Aspire 7600U supports up to 64-point simultaneous touch from all angles, enabling use by multiple users at once.
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By striking only an eleventh-hour decision, pols have set up a continual series of debates and fights in coming weeks that will roil markets.
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Paterson's recent run of goals for Burnley is likely to mean promotion to the starting line-up, with Healy's regular striking partner Lafferty playing in midfield alongside Johnson, McCann and Steven Davis.
Differences in supply constraints can explain much of the striking disparity between American states, from the modest run-up in prices in Texas, where land is easily available, to the huge surge in places like Nevada, where land-use regulations are tighter.
And though many graduates still take their diplomas to hotel restaurants, more than a few are striking out on their own: stand-alone establishments are sprouting up in cities across the country.
Ryu gave up a two-out double to Marlon Byrd before striking out Davis to keep the score 1-all.
Sabathia (1-1) gave up four hits and three walks while striking out four in 114 pitches, bouncing back from a dreadful opening-day start.
Lester ended up striking out, but Cleveland had regained the lead at 4-3.
Some big firms are trying to soup up innovation by getting people to co-work internally: the striking new Sydney offices of Macquarie, a bank, have no personal desks and emphasise collaborative working.
Most striking is the complete absence of the traditional "ASCO effect, " the run-up in biotechnology stocks ahead of the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, which will be held in Chicago in early June.
To sell the Baccarat Residences, a 50-story glass condominium tower under construction across from the Museum of Modern Art in midtown Manhattan, a model set up in the building's showroom includes striking materials like lacquered ziricote-wood walls and a crackled bronze sculptural wall embedded with tiny pieces of glass made by a British artist.
One of the most striking, a voting block that's been loyally Republican could be up for grabs - Evangelical Christians.
Arsenal's midweek match-winner Eduardo was the central figure in the third goal, striking a post with a volley from a Gael Clichy cross before driving in a follow-up effort which found the net courtesy of a telling deflection off Eboue.
But outside that pair of homegrown headliners, English football officials are facing up to an alarming and unavoidable fact: English striking talent is at an all-time low.
Marlins starter Ricky Nolasco was almost as impressive, giving up an unearned run and three hits, while striking out six batters over 3 2-3 innings.
Dozens of people showed up to create a mural under a bridge in central Cairo, depicting in striking, life-size, black-and-white detail an army tank facing a bread delivery boy on a bicycle a stand-off between the army and the people.
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Striking up a conversation with the person next to you on the subway is risky, and potentially time-consuming.
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