Word: white-collar
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...after the factory closings of the 1980s and the emergence of the "knowledge economy," many liberals and conservatives alike had reached a consensus that manufacturing jobs could not be saved but the "lab coat" jobs would always stay here. "Now that vision is under siege," Bernstein says. And the white-collar middle class is feeling the sting of insecurity that manufacturing workers know so well...
...days. He, a lionhearted military man who has lost his country but not his will to power, clings to his pride and decorum, changing into a suit after his grimy, sweaty workdays on a road-construction crew so that he can go home to his wife and son in white-collar dignity. Connelly plays a recovering alcoholic struggling with depression who makes the critical error of failing to pay her property taxes. He uses his savings to buy her California home at auction - a step toward rebuilding his family's prosperity. She believes the house is still rightfully hers...
...judge declined to drop any charges but chastised the prosecution for withholding the Gutman document when it should have showed it to the defense several months ago, as required by law. The crucial issue going forward, says Robert Mintz, an attorney with McCarter & English who specializes in white-collar crime, is whose memory appears to be at fault--Faneuil's or Gutman's. "If Faneuil craters on the stand, this could be the end of the government's case," he says. For Stewart, smile or no smile, the agonizing wait goes on. --By Simon Crittle
Office-Park Dads 2000 New-economy white-collar suburban males who swung to George W. Bush because he supported lower taxes and free markets...
...stock price plummeted in 2001, hinges on whether the jury sees her as a cover-up artist or as a victim of overzealous prosecutors. The good news for Stewart, who faces up to 30 years in prison, is that a recent survey indicates the public's anger at white-collar criminals has abated over the past two years. But studies also show many jurors make up their mind early on in a trial, so the next few weeks are all the more crucial...