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...with falling prices for international calls, has allowed telemarketers to move call centers to countries where more pliant employees line up for such work. "In the U.S., to work in a call center is not a very glorifying job," but in countries such as India and Mexico, the white-collar environment and relatively high wages have job applicants lining up, says Robert Fabro, president of Hispanic Call Centers, which oversees phone banks in 62 countries and specializes in reaching immigrant populations...
Other major blue-collar employers once located within Cambridge’s borders, like Ford Motors and Lever Brothers soap, had long since left the area...
...novel is alive because writers like Price are crafting books like Samaritan (Bloomsbury; 377 pages), about a guy who discovers the hard way what a complicated transaction charity can be. This is the third work that Price has set in Dempsy, his fictional New Jersey town of blue-collar strivers, scuttling young men on the make and always, always, the police. He discovered the book's themes in himself when he was doing the street research about cops and crack dealers for Clockers. In preparation for that book, he dropped into the lives of people - narcs, druglords, ghetto mothers...
...Kenyon told me I needed a collared shirt and a sweatband. The sweatband was no problem, but the only short-sleeved shirt with a collar that I own is really heavy and not at all conducive to exercise. In addition to limiting my range of arm motion, thus severely hindering my groundstrokes, it led to excessive perspiration. Altogether, though, the sweating just added to my overall aura of manly intensity, which I think really impressed the ladies who were watching...
...look worked better in Paris, where the checkerboard pattern on McQueen's suits showed off the well-cut tailoring on which he's made his name. Military How many ways can designers approach officer chic? Plenty. At Gucci in Milan, the military trench coat was sexy - with a high collar, corseted waist and satin finish. In Paris, Branquinho's belted wool coat with cape-like sleeves was more subtle, but equally strong - so call that one a draw. Final score: Paris 2, Milan 1, and one tie. Milan demands a rematch...