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Vince Kosmac of Orlando, Fla., has lived both sad chapters of outsourcing--the blue-collar and white-collar versions. He was a trucker in the 1970s and '80s, delivering steel to plants in Johnstown, Pa. When steel melted down to lower-cost competitors in Brazil and China, he used the G.I. Bill to get a degree in computer science. "The conventional wisdom was, 'Nobody can take your education away from you,'" he says bitterly. "Guess what? They took my education away." For nearly 20 years, he worked as a programmer and saved enough for a comfortable life. But programming jobs...
...this President Bush makes sure to plant himself as often as possible on the factory floor, surrounding himself with happy workers--as he did last week at a window-and-door factory in Tampa, Fla.--and touting the job-creating power of his tax cuts, even as he acknowledges that many people are still out of work...
...mess was partly what caused the at-home fondue trend to flame out in the late 1970s. But at the Melting Pot, all the prep work is done for you--which is one reason this chain, based in Tampa, Fla., has doubled in size to 70 locations in the past three years. Not every diner embraces the experience. Dragged in by enthusiastic wives, "men often sit with their arms crossed ... that is, until we fill them up with good wine," says Will Layfield, owner of the Melting Pot in Westwood, N.J. At the Vinoklet, diner Greg Schafer grouses...
...whoever the Democratic nominee is. My position is that of many Dean supporters, if we are forced to choose between Kerry and Bush. A candidate will never inherit my vote; he must earn it. My vote is priceless; it is too important to give away. CHARLES GRAPSKI Gainesville, Fla...
Like Angela, many secret stashers are saving for a rainy-day catastrophe--divorce, unemployment or a sudden shortfall in the family budget. Donna Johns, 44, of Ocala, Fla., started depositing spare change in an olive jar hidden in a kitchen cabinet after giving birth to a premature baby six years ago. She had quit her job to care for the infant, so money was tight. "You'd be impressed at how fast it adds up," she says. Over the years, the olive jar, which reached $600 at its peak, has paid for Christmas presents and car insurance. Relieved whenever...