Word: collaring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Essentially our research tells us [smoking] is becoming lower class behavior. Blue collar people smoke more than white collar," says Schelling, who received his Ph.D. in economics at Harvard...
...unfamiliar terrain of Dixie as the leading white liberal in the race. Jesse Jackson, of course, should corral almost all the black vote. By finishing second in New Hampshire, with 20%, Richard Gephardt demonstrated that his nativist trade policies and his fiery mock-populist rhetoric resonate with blue-collar voters across the geographic spectrum. And Albert Gore, the not-ready-for-North ern-climes candidate, must prove that his Southern endorsements and smart-set moderate appeal can translate into primary votes...
...What they did was find that MIT violated the law, yet they refused to make explicit that it was flagrant," said tenant lobbyist Michael H. Turk. "Criminal sanctions should be applied to this white-collar crime," he said. "We're back to the battle of the houses. What still remains is restoring those houses, which is essential...
...life. It showed a stern-looking Gephardt promising to force the Koreans to reduce tariffs on American cars, or "they'll soon learn how many Americans will pay $48,000 for a Hyundai." The spot hit the air in Iowa the day after Christmas and grabbed viewers by the collar. "What the TV did was punch through what I'd been saying for a year," Gephardt explained last week. "We finally got across that the trade bill isn't about protectionism; it's about fairness, a two-way street...
...years, many insiders have blamed headquarters. And in fact Big Blue's corporate staff in Armonk, N.Y., was keeping a tight, often stifling lock on decision-making authority. But suddenly IBM is trying to loosen its collar. Last week Chairman John Akers announced a historic restructuring in which the company's top management will transfer much of its decision-making authority to five newly created groups that will act almost like separate companies. "This is a major decentralization," said Akers. "The benefit will be that our management team will spend less time at corporate headquarters and more time with customers...