Word: collared
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...victim, who was not injured in the robbery, reported to police that the first suspect was a black male, 18 to 20 years old and approximately 6 feet tall, wearing a “gray puffy jacket with a fur collar and hood,” according to a community advisory released by HUPD...
...fact that I was in both a pro-popped-collar group and an anti-popped-collar group caused quite a bit of strife,” he says. “To placate the anti-popped collar group, I sent them a picture of me wearing a shirt with the collar in the proper manner, but apparently this wasn’t enough to convince them that I had solidarity with their cause...
Isaacs' personal life has been a piece of cake compared with her protagonist's. In addition to being a novelist, she has worked as a political speechwriter and a screenwriter. Isaacs has been happily married to white-collar-criminal defense attorney Elkan Abramowitz for 36 years. He was a hit with her family from day one, says the author. "They adored my husband. My maternal grandmother said, 'You've got someone from the Ivory League!'" --By Andrea Sachs
...next delves into the nitty-gritty of financial shakedowns. Though lately the press has focused attention on the crackdown on corporate fraud--with WorldCom executives finally coming to trial, for example--he says everyday Ponzi schemes are more prevalent than ever. According to the nonprofit National White Collar Crime Center, $40 billion is lost every year to such investor swindles. Current low interest rates are making matters worse, Minkow says, because retirees on fixed incomes are more vulnerable to shysters who promise higher rates of return. At the same time, the national run-up in real estate prices gives many...
...much as 30%. The reason: China's rise as a manufacturing power has contributed to a surplus of global production capacity for all kinds of goods, from sneakers to DVD players to plastic lawn chairs. With the price of raw materials rising and factory profit margins shrinking, blue-collar workers are at the losing end of a long chain of supply and demand...