get a lucky break/continuity

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"Occupy takes its name from the occupation. If Occupy continues without occupations, what provides continuity with those people in Zuccotti Park? The slogan."

DAVID S. MEYER, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, on the staying power of the slogan "We are the 99 percent."

Foreign skilled workers may soon get a lucky break

Thousands of foreigners live in Germany unable to work in their chosen
profession because their qualifications aren't recognized. Meanwhile,
industry is crying out for skilled workers - a situation that may soon
change.

The DW-WORLD.DE Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=ew97hpI44va89pI1

n.

1. The act or an occurrence of breaking.
2. The result of breaking, as a crack, separation, or opening: a break in the clouds.
3. The beginning or emergence of something: the break of day
4. A sudden movement; a dash: The dog made a break toward the open field.
5. An escape: a prison break.
6. An interruption or a disruption in continuity or regularity: television programming without commercial breaks.
7. A pause or interval, as from work: a coffee break.
8. A sudden or marked change: a break in the weather.
9. A violation: a security break.
10. An often sudden piece of luck, especially good luck: finally got the big break in life.
11. Informal.
    1. An allowance or indulgence; accommodating treatment: The boss gave me a break because I'd been sick.
    2. A favorable price or reduction: a tax break for charitable contributions.
12. A severing of ties: made a break with the past; a break between the two families.
13. Informal. A faux pas.
14. A sudden decline in prices.
15. A caesura.
16. Printing.
    1. The space between two paragraphs.
    2. A series of three dots ( . . . ) used to indicate an omission in a text.
    3. The place where a word is or should be divided at the end of a line.
17. Electricity. Interruption of a flow of current.
18. Geology. A marked change in topography such as a fault or deep valley.
19. Nautical. The point of discontinuity between two levels on the deck of a ship.
20. Music.
    1. The point at which one register or tonal quality changes to another.
    2. The change itself.
    3. A solo jazz cadenza that is played during the pause between the regular phrases or choruses of a melody or that serves as an introduction to a more extended solo.
21. A change in a horse's gait to one different from that set by the rider.
22. Sports. The swerving of a ball from a straight path of flight, as in baseball or cricket.
23. Sports. The beginning of a race.
24. Sports.
    1. A fast break.
    2. A rush toward the goal, as in hockey, by offense players in control of the puck or ball, often against fewer defenders: a three-on-one break.
    3. The separation after a clinch in boxing.
25. Games. The opening shot that scatters the grouped balls in billiards or pool.
26. Games. A run or unbroken series of successful shots, as in billiards or croquet.
27. Sports & Games. Failure to score a strike or a spare in a given bowling frame.
28. Sports. A service break.
29. also brake A high horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.
30. Break dancing.

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