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  • Michael Chiklis is patriarch of a family that sprouts superpowers after an accidental dip in the Amazon, and last week around 7 million people were buying into it -- not bad considering it's a new drama series trying to self-start at 8 p.m.

    As Stewart gets ready to restore sanity, potty installers will provide the relief Lisa de Moraes 2010

  • On Tuesdays, new drama "No Ordinary Family" will have to self-start at 8 (ABC has scheduled two new series for fall in that first hour of primetime for the fall across its new lineup, bucking conventional wisdom about putting new series in protected timeslots following hits.)

    ABC unveils first post-"Lost" primetime schedule 2010

  • What is nice about the games is that they are fairly straight-forward and easy for students to self-start.

    25 More Educational Games and Game Builders Mr. Byrne 2009

  • What is nice about the games is that they are fairly straight-forward and easy for students to self-start.

    Archive 2009-12-15 Mr. Byrne 2009

  • What is nice about the games is that they are fairly straight-forward and easy for students to self-start.

    Archive 2008-03-31 Mr. Byrne 2008

  • The machine is able to self-start by its residual magnetism: as soon as the machine rotates, a small output voltage is generated starting to feed a small current through the AVR to the exciter, which in turn increases the output voltage.

    1. Synchronous generator 1992

  • Ability to self-start and be versatile in a dynamic environment

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • It is at a disadvantage because it is not surrounded by other original shows, so it has to "self-start everyday," she said.

    NYT > Home Page By BRIAN STELTER 2011

  • One of the most clearly identifiable traits of successful individuals is their ability to self-start.

    EzineArticles 2010

  • The job would suit a reporter with one or two years experience in a newsroom who is able to self-start and work autonomously to generate high-quality, incisive copy on a daily basis.

    Flux g?n?ral de Categorynet.com 2010

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