When 23-year old Emmie Scott, a direct marketer in Richmond, Va., and her boyfriend/co-worker broke up and still had to endure seeing each other daily, Scott suffered a broken heart—literally.

在弗吉尼亚州里士满，23岁的直销商艾米•斯科特和她男友分手了，但因为同事的关系，仍然不得不天天见面，斯科特心都碎了。

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Direct call to real worker; no wrappers in the middle.

直接调用实际的干活的，不需要先找包工头这个中间人。

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Since there was no direct transportation between my home and the newspaper office, a fellow worker drove me back and forth to work.

由于在我家和报馆之间没有直接的交通路线，一位同事开车送我上下班。

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The larger Toyota becomes, the more difficult it becomes to foster a sense where each worker feels he or she plays a direct role in supporting Toyota.

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"The larger Toyota becomes, the more difficult it becomes to create the mood for each worker to feel he or she plays a direct role in supporting Toyota, " Toyoda said.

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Using a feature called Nextel Direct Connect, a user can link up with a friend, family member or co-worker over a link that allows only one of them to speak at a time.

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