1.   HUNDREDS of people today shun a family for the sake of a thriving career.

2.   And how to explain why certain flashy performers have thriving international careers, while more substantive performers never seem to break out of a regional success?

3.   After a stint in the army, Cowell developed a thriving career.

4.   But for fit, active people used to a thriving career in the territory, this enforced idleness can be demoralising.

5.   Dunst credits her successful navigation from child actor to a thriving adult career to close family support.

6.   Especially considering that she abandoned a thriving career in Britain to start from scratch in America primarily because she was sick of being appreciated only for her looks.

7.   For many years he also had a thriving career as a barrister, and one profession feeds another.

8.   Like Lawrence, all three men had exhibited talent and intelligence that would probably have fueled thriving careers without embellishment or deception.

9.   Porges, who enjoyed a thriving career at American Express in New York before coming to Bank of America, clearly had the brains to excel.