Word: collared
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...longer and harder, for full rights. After the Civil Rights movement gained some headway and anti-discrimation laws were passed, it was easier for the South to become integrated because it was actively reversing the law. Many communities in the North remained de facto segregated and many white-collar jobs continued to be all-white occupations. Northern blacks were forced to continue fighting for equal standing and reintegregation well into the 1980s. Today, their struggle continues.The book not only provides an in-depth historical perspective but also reaches the reader at a more emotional level with its many anecdotes...
...becomes part of the culture. Whereas America's history has been one of expanding horizons, yours has become funnel-shaped. Much like the postbellum South, Rust Belt culture looks backward at an idealized past--a nostalgia not for plantations but for three-bedroom houses paid up on blue collar salaries. (See pictures of the remains of Detroit...
...While it may be extreme to expect U.S. district attorneys to demand the heads of Wall Street executives, the financial crisis has raised the stakes on white-collar sentences...
...principle that Chinese administrators put in practice last week when they executed Wang Zhendong for fraud. Zhendong had duped investors out of over 400 million dollars with a bogus plan to breed ants with aphrodisiac effects. China thus established a clear policy of (very) tough justice for white-collar criminals who operate on a large scale...
...firms that turned out to be poorly-managed, colossal houses of cards, ready to collapse at any moment. Doesn’t the latter class of actions beg for convictions and new sentences as much as the former? Why shouldn’t criminal negligence extend to white-collar board members...