Word: collared
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Ebbers' conviction reflects a new calculus for corner-office occupants: that corporate crime may finally equate to lengthy prison terms. Many of the most notorious white collar villains of a generation ago received light sentences compared with what Ebbers faces. Junk-bond king Michael Milken, for instance, served only 22 months for securities fraud. Now CEOs must recognize the risks of an "I didn't know" defense and face the prospect of monumental consequences to go along with their monumental pay packages. That Ebbers lost hundreds of millions himself in the WorldCom collapse--buying more stock even as the company...
...film’s other performances are tender and believable. In particular, Kimberly Elise and Shemar Moore, portraying the “mad black woman” and her blue-collar suitor respectively, really shine. Their nuanced portrayals sell the romance, and Perry’s script wisely sidesteps the manufactured histrionics that mar so many cinematic romances...
Ever since NBC announced plans to remake The Office--the critically adored BBC sitcom about white collar dronesmanship--fans of the original prepared to be disappointed. Americans, they surmised, could not reproduce its discomfiting British humor...
...Well actually,” says Mr. Popped Collar, “I think one could take an Emersonian response to this question if we look at it through the lens of Hegelian dialectical theory...
...back. The model has worked wonders in New York State, where the Working Families Party (WFP) is stirring up the state’s stagnant political scene. The WFP now attracts hundreds of thousands of votes from those left out in the cold by the major parties, from blue-collar workers who used to vote red to urban minorities who used to vote blue to suburban independents who otherwise might not vote...