Word: middleclass
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Metroland, Chris, a middleclass office employee living outside of London, has made this type of choice, and has now reached the stage where he has a pretty good idea of what the rest of his life will be like. Although it is set in 1977 and refers to the rebellious rhetoric of the '60s, the film tells a story that has a place in every generation. The situation presented to the audience demands sympathy and recognition. With the versatile Christian Bale as Chris and Oscar nominee Emily Watson as his levelheaded wife Marion, Metroland delivers a refreshing and insightful examination...
...centerpiece of Forbes' plan is still the 17 percent flat tax that he touted in the 1996 presidential race. He said yesterday the flat tax would preserve exemptions most favorable to middleclass families...
Stanford, Yale and Princeton have followedthese traditional policies to a decrease in middleclass enrollment in recent years--a slippage whichall three say caused their changes in aid policy...
...outlined two distressing trends in the cultural context of children: the complete privatization of middleclass childhood and the problem of parents who proclaim that they are the only role models for their children, preventing other adults from becoming role models...
...town is physically segregated--divided between lower-middleclass residents in the town center, and the Courts Addition, which houses 200 residents in a converted commissary warehouse. The warehouse was part of the Harvard Army Air Base, an Air Force station used in World War II that shut down shortly after...