Word: white-collar
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Drop in on BMW's Leipzig plant, and you can see what he means. It's the firm's newest, having opened just two years ago, with a luminous open-plan central building that houses white-collar workers and managers. It was designed by London-based architect Zaha Hadid, and its most striking feature is a conveyor belt that meanders inside the building just below roof level, carrying a steady stream of cars from the body shop to the paint shop. You can see it from almost everywhere in the building, including the cafeteria...
...different city and working in a professional environment has opened my eyes to the reality of post-graduate life, from meeting people in elevators, cobbling outfits out of sundry Express or H&M pieces I find buried in my suitcase, to marching in step with an army of white-collar workers on my way to work each...
...White-Collar Blues James Poniewozik questioned why there aren't more songs related to the world of white-collar workers, given that 60% of the workforce is employed in the white-collar sector [June 4]. Well, who sounds more interesting: John Henry, the steel-driving man, or John Henry, the quarterly-report-writing man? Ryan Whelan, Lovington, Illinois...
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James Poniewozik questioned why there aren't more songs related to the world of white-collar workers, given that 60% of the workforce is employed in the white-collar sector [May 28]. But really, who sounds more interesting: John Henry, the steel-driving man, or John Henry, the quarterly-report-writing...