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...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...

Author: By Joshua L. Kwan, | Title: Experts Speak on Youth Values at IOP | 10/18/1996 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvards of The World | 9/13/1996 | See Source »

Corporations will have to engage in messy and expensive restructuring. Already strapped middleclass Americans (both minority and majority) will have to work more, save more and study more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Continuing Dilemma | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

...Chicago headquarters in early 1978 admitted the company's shortcomings and warned that Sears had to get back to its roots. Said the study: "We are not a fashion store; we are not a store for the whimsical nor the affluent. Sears is a family store for middleclass, homeowning Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sear's Sizzling New Vitality | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

...document known as the "Yellow Book" leaked out of Chicago headquarters. It laid out the company's woes in a disarmingly direct manner. "We are not a fashion store, we are not a store for the whimsical, nor the affluent," it declared. "Sears is a family store for middleclass, homeowning Americans." To refocus the company, Telling in 1980 promoted Edward Brennan, a third-generation company man, to head the merchandise group-to the astonishment of longtime employees; Brennan was only 46 at the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sears: New Look for the Top Retailer | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

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