Word: collared
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...only way to get their church (and themselves) out of its spiraling moral and financial crisis. The move would be historic. A plenary council has not been called in the U.S. since 1884. That meeting, among other things, mandated publication of a national catechism and established the Roman collar as obligatory clerical dress. Any such meeting today, however, would come with risks. The agenda, controlled by the bishops and the Vatican, could well be dominated by conservatives hostile to any reform, turning the gathering into another public relations nightmare and further dividing the church. Still, the idea has its supporters...
...anything other than an act of quixotic futility?and there lies the problem. Preoccupied with pocketbook issues, Hong Kong's working class has never wholly believed in political change through either ballot box or protest. But the possibility of effecting political change has been held out to white-collar types. It has been, they are discovering, an illusory promise all along...
...title role in next summer's first superhero movie franchise. "He's a demon who was raised to become a fighter for a secret branch of the Federal Government that investigates paranormal happenings," says director Guillermo (Don't Call Me Benicio) del Toro. "He has a very blue-collar attitude about his job. He's more like a plumber than a superhero." Selma Blair plays a girl with pyrokinetic powers. And on his right, there's a psychic merman. Don't worry. You have until next Memorial Day to figure...
...Companies are using the economic climate to squeeze dollars out of employees. American workers need to fight back while there's still time. Boycott firms that outsource work to India. Demand to have your business handled by an American employee. And organize, organize, organize. The days of white-collar interests vs. blue-collar interests are gone. If you do not own the company you work for, you need a union, and you need one now! Let's show these CEOs what American labor is really worth. ANN CRUTE New York City...
...remorse, could get her millions of fans once again wanting to walk in her garden clogs, buying a sympathy gallon of aubergine paint, or gluing themselves to the TV to watch her make cocoa from imported beans, in much the way Hillary got the blue-haired and blue-collar ladies of upstate New York to vote...