Word: collars
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Moreover, as one result of automation-the world's biggest bogy word to most union leaders-the so-called white-collar workers have for the first time passed in number the lunch pail-carrying blue-collar men, who are the backbone of unionism (see chart). Since white-collar workers historically identify themselves with management, they are hard to organize-and the unions have made only the smallest dent in their ranks...
...hottest fashion item of the moment at Sak's Fifth Avenue (next to Elsie's) is a smart gray and white striped seersucker dinner jacket. As tradition dictates, it has one button natural shoulders, flap pockets and shawl collar...
...also provides his generals with ladies. In one collage, Dressed Woman, a star-shaped collar of jet beads crowns a pompon fringe gathered around a rosette that might represent a nose. Look into My Eyes is a funny felt face with cut-glass-mirror eyes, a rose for a nose...
Williston's manner in class was always characterized by the greatest urbanity and kindliness, seasoned with an acute sense of humor. His students remember him as the last member of the Law Faculty to wear a wing collar to every lecture, displaying the mark of a true gentleman...
Much of the current labor unrest traces to the unions' frustration, and their desire to protect blue-collar jobs threatened by automation. On the docks, where loading machines have steadily been replacing men, a main cause of the current strike was management's attempt to slim down work crews. (The issue has been shunted to an outside study group, which will report next year...