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...Relations Department study of House reputations found Leverett to be "friendly and happy-go-lucky:" Kirkland was seen as "conventional, middle class and friendly:" Dunster "sociable, happy-go-lucky and athletic;" Adams "musical, aesthetic, ambitious, conventional, friendly, sociable;" Lowell "intellectual, literary, conservative, and intelligent;" Eliot "wealthy, aristocratic, snobbish, white shoe and conservative," and the last House, Winthrop, came out as "athletic, friendly, straightforward, and middle class...
...study, the House reputations, though perhaps of minimal import now, persist. Adams is still called artsyfartsy and intellectual (though many will preface the latter with "pseudo"); Lowell is still intellectual (though with its fair share of preppies); Winthrop is still seen as easy-going; Eliot is still snobbish, white shoe and conservative...
...Horse Shoe Bend, Idaho (pop. 700), Theodore Hoff Jr. closed his Hoff Lumber Co. mill last month because sales had fallen through the floor boards. In all, 325 workers were laid off, devastating the town's economy. Those workers-plus 80 more Hoff employees at a mill in Rexburg, Idaho-got together and figured out a plan to return to work. They decided to take a 10% pay cut, put off a scheduled 9% cost of living increase, and eliminate overtime pay. Result: by last week both the Horse Shoe Bend and Rexburg mills were working two shifts...
...neck ring and throat mold. Early models -made of leather and steel, and quite heavy-have given way to lightweight aluminum-and-plastic versions that are still neither attractive nor comfortable. But they do work, redirecting the growth of the spine to help it to grow straight. "Shoe lifts and exercises alone are not proper treatment for progressive scoliosis," says Dr. David B. Levine of New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery and one of the country's leading authorities on the disease. "But in most cases, the brace...
Levison also creditably debunks the recent nonsense we have been hearing, from both "Left" and "Right," about the post-industrial character of the modern work force: of how blue-collar work is declining in magnitude and importance, and service and technical-professional work is replacing it. Levison shows how shoe-shine workers, street sweepers, janitors, mailmen, milkmen, cleaning women, typists, and department store clerks are all placed in the "clerical and sales" or "service" categories of the census, and when both occupational and standard of living factors are taken into account, "working class people" across for all least...