Word: collared
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...since the reckless 1920s has the business world seen such searing scandals. White-collar scams abound: insider trading, money laundering, greenmail. Greed combined with technology has made stealing more tempting than ever. Result: what began as the decade of the entrepreneur is becoming the age of the pinstriped outlaw...
...first-time visitor to a Wal-Mart store is likely to be underwhelmed initially. The outlets are mostly linoleum floored and arrayed with row upon row of simple racks and counters, punctuated by signs pointing to particular bargains. But the no-frills atmosphere suits the predominantly blue-collar clientele just fine. From shotgun shells to laundry soap, most products are well-known brands at deep discounts. Wal-Mart, unlike many other discount outlets, offers more: well-scrubbed aisles, fully stocked shelves and relentlessly upbeat clerks. "It's attitude," explains Wal-Mart Vice Chairman Jack Shewmaker. "Give me workers with...
...factors that have little to do with racism. The first involves a change in the structure of the national economy: the decline in the number of well-paid industrial jobs available to low-skilled workers and the increase in the number of service jobs that either require white-collar skill or provide little chance for advancement. This had a disastrous impact on young black males, whose unemployment rate is more than double that of their white counterparts, and it leads to other social problems. Because there are only 60 or so stably employed marriageable men for every 100 women...
...Seattle Mariners fall into this same category. Their uniforms are perfectly old-fashioned, right down to the piping on the collar. The writing on the front of their shirts, however, is too new for them. Yet, instead of wearing caps made out of a lower case "m" based on a trident, they now wear a prominent "S" on their caps. With all of the rumors that the Mariners may move out of the Kingdome, it is probably a good idea to wear an "S." Perhaps the team can move to Saginaw or Spartanburg or Sarasota or St. Cloud to save...
...Bolivar Peninsula. The problem is that Galveston officials say they cannot afford to provide more than 25% of usual city services. Police protection has been reduced to Lowry and a lone sheriff's deputy in a patrol car. That is not much law-and-order for a blue- collar resort town whose summer population swells to 20,000. As County Commissioner Eddie Barr put it, "I can see 12,000 drunks shooting bottle rockets at each other on July...