Suicides soared among stricken individuals, and the collective sense of sovereignty shrivelled.
The nearest thing would be the phone keyboards that let you slide a finger around them instead of striking individual letters.
The barrels and the loading plate remained fixed, and a mechanism (operated by a crank) struck individual firing pins simultaneously or in succession.
On balance, the arrangement was lovely, with attractive imaginatively filled-out textures, graceful vocal harmonies and striking individual contributions from Ms. Kurtz and Ms. Molina.
With the power of "item veto," the governor may strike individual provisions from any appropriation bill, except those for public school support or payments on the public debt.
He supported a constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget, a line-item veto so the president could strike individual elements from spending bills and measures to limit violence on television.
To date smart TV manufacturers such as Samsung, Panasonic and LG have struck individual deals to make their catch-up TV services available, meaning viewers can only access certain services on particularinternet-enabled sets.
However, the legislation imposed onerous reporting requirements and forced relief groups to strike individual deals with al-Shabaab instead of sharing information with each other and presenting a united front with the Islamist group.
There will be little place for lobbying or political pressure since government officials will not be required to value particular securities or strike individual deals with banks to buy their distressed assets, or negotiate workouts with homeowners.
In 1993, as Congress weighed a line-item veto, which would have given President Bill Clinton the power to strike individual spending measures from bills, Mr. Byrd delivered 14 speeches on the history of Rome and the role of its Senate.
