Word: collaring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rigid a conclusion from these broad categories. A lawyer handling small claims cases in Roxbury and a businessman bringing jobs to Detroit do more for society than a bureaucrat hiding cost overruns in the Defense Department. But the unfortunate fact is that most of us heading for the white collar service sector will work mainly to help ourselves and our socioeconomic kind...
...sake, what has happened to you?" the archduchess cried out to her stricken husband. "Then she sank down from her seat," the aide recalled. "His Royal Highness said, 'Soferl, Soferl! Don't die. Live for my children.' " The aide grasped the slumping archduke by the collar and asked if he were in great pain. The dying archduke said, "It is nothing," then repeated that six or seven times until the words turned into "a convulsive rattle...
...Grenada invasion, Marines temporarily equipped with the B.D.U. instead of the appropriate tropical gear complained that the fabric was heavy, sweaty and unkempt. Even soldiers in cooler climes agreed. Once wet, the uniform takes an excessive time to dry. The sleeves are too narrow to roll up easily, the collar too wide and the pants pockets hard to reach. Seams unravel, buttons fall off. The trousers come with a reinforced crotch that strengthens the garment but constricts its wearer. After a few washings, the fabric shrinks, its colors fading to a mottled purple...
...lucky because they live in a suburban area northwest of Chicago where a 24-hour hot-line service-apparently the nation's first-has been set up to give them comfort and advice. Kids Line reaches out to some 60,000 children under 13 in several predominantly white-collar communities. The program is staffed by 140 volunteers who have undergone intensive briefing by psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers on such problems as suicide, depression, child beating and drug abuse. Most frequently they hear from children who become frightened when it gets dark and their parents have not come home...
...life. But if work is his undoing, it is also his consuming interest. He prefers couture because the fine fabrics make him feel "like a wood sculptor who gets to work with the finest ebony." It is also satisfying that his seamstresses complete every alteration, every sleeve and collar by the next day. "That's not the case with Rive Gauche at all," he laments. "I have to work with factories. I give them a sketch and have to wait twelve to 15 days before I see the result. It's total anguish." One of the pressure points...