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...Everyman" story of a straight, white,white-collar, urban man doesn't appeal to a largeenough audience and a diverse enough sensibilityfor the '90s. In their program, the Nora assertsthat '...have sought out plays that jostle ourhearts and minds and have attempted to producethem in ways that reveal our common humanity." Butthe "common humanity" is not adequatedlyrepresented in the "Everyman" characterized byWilly Loman. At most, then, this well-doneproduction of a bland play can only remind us,true to its intention, that the theatrical spacesometimes is meant for bland characters and blandstories. Despite the well-intentioned attempts ofthe theatrical setting...
...number of rice farmers will exercise still less influence in the future. Says Takeshi Sasaki, a political scientist at the University of Tokyo: "The old consensus was always to put domestic issues like rice first, but now political reform is breaking that consensus down. Also, when you are getting white-collar unemployment, you can't afford to protect rice growers anymore...
...laid-off aerospace workers in Southern California, the future suddenly appeared brighter than it had in years. After completing an eight- week course in handling hazardous materials, the students looked forward to new white-collar careers in pollution control. But fewer than one-third of the graduates landed the principal jobs available: on-site work cleaning up toxic spills. "They would be the people out there exposing themselves to hazardous waste," says Robert Nelson, director of government relations for the Los Angeles-based Labor Employment Training Corp., which ran the program from September 1991 until early last year...
...sphere of expertise" has shifted towards service industries like banking and high finance. On the surface, that sounds pretty good. We don't need to create new jobs for fork lift operators or truckers because those are "bad" jobs. Instead we need to create more "good" high-paying white-collar jobs in tall office buildings. The problem is, our deficient education system continues to churn out people who are not qualified to do the "good" jobs. Consequently, there is an intense need for positions for honest, hard working people who didn't go to Harvard. And it should...
Most people vent their annoyance simply by making lawyers the laughingstock of the white-collar class. Long after jokes about minorities have become socially unacceptable, mockery of lawyers remains a safe prejudice. Sample: What do lawyers and sperm have in common? Both have a one-in-a-million chance of turning out human. Another: Why did the post office recall its lawyer stamp? Answer: Because people didn't know which side to spit...