Word: workingman
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...what lies ahead. The snooping newsreel journalist heralds the advent of the mass media, a trademark of the age. In one of the movie's most intriguing scenes, upon request, passengers perform arias for a troop of sweaty, soot-besodden stokers in the ship's bow, auguring the workingman's increasing visibility. And, of course, there...
...some 4,000 applauded as results were flashed on a giant 30-ft. color-television screen outside the hotel. Party workers sent up occasional chants of "Felipe, Presidentel Felipe, Presidente!" while other supporters converged on the capital's main square, singing, dancing and hugging one another. One grizzled workingman with a red bandanna on his neck embraced a well-wisher with tears in his eyes and announced hoarsely, "España socialista!" Overall, however, the crowds were relatively subdued, partly because the outcome had been so widely predicted, and partly because González had appealed for the "avoidance...
...Texans out of work, and White is determined to pin the blame on Clements and the Republican economic policies that the Governor supports. Billing himself as both a law-and-order candidate and a consumer advocate, he charges that Clements is insensitive to the needs of the workingman...
...charter carrier, Laker Airways jolted competitors in 1977 with its Skytrain round-trip service between New York and London for $236, or almost $200 less than the best excursion fare available on regularly scheduled airlines. Beamed Laker: "This puts transatlantic air travel in the pocket of the workingman." Later many other carriers matched his low prices...
...believed in the overall fairness of Reaganomics slipped from 56% in February to 33%. A poll taken last month by Democratic Pollster Peter Hart found that the public agrees, two to one, with the statement that Reagan's programs favor "the wealthy and big business over the average workingman." Claims Hart: "It's a beachhead that has been established...