Word: collaring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many long-time residents and political leaders predict that these projects could provide needed jobs, especially blue collar and unskilled employment needed to preserve Cambridge's diversely populated neighborhoods. The losses of blue collar jobs have levelled off, says Lindquist, but few positions have been replaced. Instead, most of the new opportunities have been in almost exclusively white collar fields such as research and industrial consulting. This development has allowed the city's economy to grow at a slow but steady pace during generally rough economic times, but it has also brought a higher-income group to the city, driven...
City developers and business leaders insist that the market demand more office space and white collar industry. Harvard and MIT create many opportunities for research and development, small management, and consulting firms which rely on the resources and manpower of the two universities. Most recently, genetic research firms have shown a great interest in Cambridge. Four firms are trying to locate in the area, and one Biogen, has already moved in and is planning to expand its operation in Kendall Square...
Workers in the U.S. earn more than those doing the same job elsewhere, but there are some exceptions. The U.S. trails several European countries in some fields, especially white-collar ones. A receptionist in the U.S. earns $10,900, but his or her counterpart draws $17,920 in Switzerland, $11,439 in The Netherlands and $13,650 in Belgium. An army general in Australia gets $58,160, in West Germany $51,609, in Britain $64,018, but only...
...minister. I said, 'Well, what if I don't want to?' and he said, 'I'm sorry. He will get you and you should plan your life accordingly. The next night, Klingensmith was getting a drink of water: again the preacher approached, and, pointing to his white clerical collar, said "'Remember what this means...It means you will be a slave of Christ...
...initiated a single case worthy of the front page of the major dailies. The major corporations now breathe easily, satisfied with the knowledge that this government won't spend its time busting trusts. And the dubious legal records of a number of Cabinet members make it questionable whether white-collar crime will receive the attention it recently did. As for attempts to foster equality, the Administration's willingness to confer highly beneficial tax-free status on racist institutions like Bob Jones University, serves as a fitting emblem of the government's mind...