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...becoming more rootless? Definitely not, answers Professor Stephan Thernstrom in his most recent book, The Other Bostonians. America has always been an extremely fluid society, even including its non-growing Eastern cities such as Boston. While 19th century transients may on the whole have been lower on the social ladder than their present-day counterparts, they were at least as numerous...
While the difficulties faced by most foreign immigrants and their descendants lessened in time, certain ethnic groups were much less able than others to adapt to Boston, and found themselves stuck at the bottom of the economic ladder. The Irish and the Italians were distinctly less upwardly mobile than other immigrant groups. On the other hand, 75 per cent of all second-generation Russian-Americans--many of whom were Jewish--finished their careers in white collar jobs...
Partly to narrow the gap between affluence and poverty in the U.S., the nation has long had a progressive income tax and public programs to help lift those on the bottom of the economic ladder. Yet in its annual report last week the Council of Economic Advisers came to a surprising conclusion: the income differences between affluent and poor Americans yawned as wide in 1972 as they...
...even less promising as the nation drifts into an economic downturn and possibly a recession. The CEA notes that in a recession, low-paid workers with minimal skills are usually laid off first-or work fewer hours per week. Even though those at the bottom of the income ladder have not gained on those at the top, they are better off. In 1972 a total of 12% of the population were classified as living in poverty...
Captain Bob Goodenow holds down the third spot on the Crimson scoring ladder, with 21 points and is second to Roth with 13 assists. Steve Dadigian and Kevin Carr are the only other two Harvard scorers in double figures with 19 and 15 points, respectively. Carr also leads Harvard in penalty minutes with...