Word: collaring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Arguing that the plan would provide jobs mainly for white collar residents, City Councilor David Sullivan led the fight against the bill, which was supported by many businessmen in the area...
...people that vote for me are people who work with their hands," Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci said. "The blue-collar jobs are already disappearing from this city," Vellucci added...
...with unexpected effectiveness. Like Kennedy, he campaigned for only two days in Wisconsin, but his advancemen turned out big crowds. He became the first G.O.P. presidential candidate in memory to appear at Serb Hall in Milwaukee, a hallowed rallying place for ethnic Democrats, and wowed a beer-drinking, blue-collar crowd with simplistic conservative appeals. He pledged to "whack away at the fat, extravagant Government in Washington." Listeners cried, "Give 'em hell, Ronnie...
...that much of what happened was a protest against Carter, not a vote for Kennedy. In Connecticut, the ingredients of Kennedy's victory were somewhat different. The state is far less urbanized and has far fewer Jewish voters than New York. But Connecticut is heavily populated by blue-collar ethnics, and they went overwhelmingly for Kennedy, as did their counterparts in New York. Connecticut's Hispanics, elderly voters and young people also backed him heavily...
...mile away, in East Cambridge, most residents reacted calmly. But on Cambridge St., one elderly woman scampered to her door, the collar of her winter coat held tight against her face...