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...flip side of the middle-class exodus that has many liberal scholars in an uproar. Economist Barry Bluestone of the University of Massachusetts believes the shift in the U.S. economy from unionized, factory work to service-industry professions has brought a substantial loss of jobs with middle-class pay. The blue-collar jobs tended to be unionized, goes the argument, while the new service industries typically offer no such wage and , job protection. Says Michael Boskin, a professor of economics at Stanford: "Some sectors of the middle class that had implicit security in their jobs have been rudely awakened...
...then the motion began, just as the sun was rising, a swelling like a mass exodus or military maneuver or demonstration, a convergence...
...fallen price of petroleum, says an executive for Arizona-based U-Haul, has spawned an exodus from the oil towns and caused shortages of U-Haul equipment. In May and June, the company spent $114,000 to pay people to fly to Florida and drive back 450 trucks and 1,100 trailers to Houston and New Orleans. But many Texans still wait three weeks to get one of the costly U- Haul trucks...
Secondly, White argues, sodomy laws have "ancient roots" which can be traced back to the late 18th century. Perhaps White is not aware that the Court has struck down other ancient laws, such as statutes prohibiting intermarriage, contraception, and abortion. Abortion laws go back to Exodus 21--ancient by White's standards, I would imagine...
...similar exodus has occurred at the American University Hospital, once one of the most prestigious teaching facilities in the region. In April, Dr. Dennis Alexander, a research lecturer, became the last Westerner to quit the hospital staff. "In the past year morale has gone," he says. "At present, the hospital is just barely viable." Administrators estimate the 420-bed facility's annual loss at about $8 million...