Their forwards flung themselves heatedly against a defence as firm and steady as a rock; even Sekularac, after a bright beginning in which he showed his undoubted skill, lost heart visibly and stumbled repeatedly.
Many of those missing workers will never rejoin the labor force — some have reached retirement age, others have seen their skills lose value, and a number are too disabled to work.
Still, Ms. Giffords, who is 40, faces months of physical therapy to relearn skills lost when the bullet traversed her brain.
Examples include the Department of Health headquarters, which will be losing 650 jobs, and the Department for Education and Skills, losing 800 ,or nearly a third of its London staff.
Yes, there have been rough times in the past, when basic computer-programming work was outsourced to India, Ireland, and Eastern Europe, and Americans with those skills lost work.
People say that if you want old Europe, a place steeped in the rhythms of nature and skills lost elsewhere, then Romania's Maramures region is for you.
In that situation, not only is the time and money spent developing those skills lost, but there is also an opportunity cost.
In the 2011 Tour, Andy Schleck, a top contender, not known for his descending skills, lost time on the climb to la Rochette and then even more on the descent.
His work, funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is part of a growing push in academia and industry to develop brain-computer interfaces to repair senses and skills lost to injury or disease.
Local government is losing £192m compared with this year's budget, with education and skills losing £28m.
