Word: collaring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cambridgeport, a proud blue collar area which used to house some of the city's largest manufacturing plants, is in need of rezoning. A huge amount of new development projects are expected in the area within the next 10 years, but unlike the other areas of the city slated for widespread development, the buildings codes have not been updated to reflect new concerns of both businesses and homeowners...
...elegant, youngish man strolls through the brooding gloom of evening. The collar of his Burberry trench coat is flipped up against the damp mist which rolls through the streets. His foulard neck tie is confidently tied and asserted with a simple pin, and his Bally slippers make only the slightest squishing noise as he makes his way to his club for a few hands of whist, for talk of the Malaya network and of what new moles have been rooted out of it. At the door, he is greeted by the doorman, a fine, silver-haired chap clad...
...Dearest). Other Total Necessities: a blow dryer, a Walkman and at least one gold chain. PAVs are obsessed with fashion, crowding mondo cool stores from the Galleria in Sherman Oaks, Calif., to the Galleria in White Plains, N. Y. (Minis and ruffles, short pants and denim jackets with the collar turned up and cuffs rolled back are in.) Top status possessions are a horse, a health-club membership and a monthly clothing allowance. A rilly killer bedroom has a waterbed, little baskets full of cosmetics, a mega sound system, wind chimes, posters of favorite bands and, of course, a private...
...expected to build offices for white collar industries including research and development firms and consulting companies. Many neighborhood residents, and five of the city councilors, would like to see low-income housing, a public park, and manufacturing firms located on the property...
Also critical for the G.O.P will be whether blue-collar workers, about 55% of whom voted for Reagan two years ago, return to their traditional Democratic affiliation. Organized labor, on the defensive in many areas, is nonetheless striving to line up its members with computerized mailing lists and revitalized fund raising. Miami Democratic Leader Rob Schroth says that adversity has helped reunite the old Democratic coalition. "Reagan has done more to bring them back to the fold than the best political organization could." Polls show that 60% of blue-collar workers plan to vote Democratic...