A Wisdom Archive on Blue Collar

Politically, Ohio is considered a swing state, although state politics are dominated by Republicans. The mixture of urban and rural areas, and the presence of both large blue-collar industries and significant white-collar commercial districts leads to a balance of conservative and liberal population that (together with the state's 20 electoral votes, more than most swing states) makes the state very important to the outcome of national elections. Ohio was the deciding state in the 2004 presidential election between George W. Bush and John Ke ...

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Weldon grew up in a blue collar family in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest of nine children. Despite many challenges, he attended West Chester University of Pennsylvania and earned a B.A in Russian Studies in 1969, making him the first in his family to attend and graduate from college. He selected this major due to the aggressive relationship between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and that "[O]ne day, our relationship would change and the United States and the Soviet Union would normalize relations." Weldon also speaks the Russian language fluently. We ...

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Formal court dress is a relative rarity in the USA. Generally, judges of both state and federal courts are free to select their own courtroom attire. The most common choice is a plain black gown which covers the torso and legs, with sleeves. Female judges will sometimes add to the gown a plain white collar similar to that used in academic dress. Very occasionally, a judge will wear another color, such as blue or red. In 1994, Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist added four gold bars to each sleeve of his gown, but the ...

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Collars can be categorized as: Standing or stand-up, fitting up around the neck and not lying on the shoulders. Turnover, standing around the neck and then folded or rolled over. Flat or falling, lying flat on the shoulders. Collars may also be stiffened, traditionally with starch; modern wash-and-wear shirt collars may be stiffened with interfacing. Shirt collars w ...

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The Oxford English Dictionary traces collar in its modern meaning to c. 1300. Today's shirt collars descend from the ruffle created by the drawstring at the neck of the medieval chemise, through the Elizabethan ruff and its successors, the whisk collar and falling band. Separate collars have existed along side attached collars since the mid-16th century, usually to allow starching and other fine finishing. ...

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main article: Political colour Blue, like white, may represent authority as opposed to revolutionary red or black. During the American Civil War, blue was used to represent the Union while gray represented the Confederacy. This representation was based on the uniforms worn by the respective armies, although uniforms remained non-standard thoughout the war and sometimes the colors were switched. Internationally, blue is the symbol for conservatism and conservative political parties. There are several notable except ...

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A blue dog has a coat color that is primarily "bluish" gray or silver. Examples include the Kerry Blue Terrier with a solid "blue" coat and some Australian Shepherds and Border Collies, which have merle coats. (See also Blue Dog Democrats, below). The western skink has a brilliant cobalt blue tail. ...

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Many languages do not have separate terms for blue and green, instead using a cover term for both (when the issue is discussed in linguistics, this cover term is sometimes called grue in English). For example, in Vietnamese both tree leaves and the sky are xanh (to distinguish, one may use xanh lá cây "leaf grue" for green and xanh nước "water grue" for blue). Chinese has a word 青 qīng that can refer to both, though it also has separate words for blue (蓝 / 藍 lán) and green (绿 / 綠 ...

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There are two sorts of protective garment called an overall. Overall - Bib-and-brace. These are trousers with an attached front patch covering the chest and with attached braces (or suspenders in the US) which go over the shoulders. Some people use the word "overall" for this garment only and not for a boilersuit. In British English such a garment is usu ...

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Members of the Order wear elaborate costumes on important occasions (such as quadrennial services and coronations), which vary by rank (the designs underwent major changes in 1937): The mantle, worn only by Knights and Dames Grand Cross, was originally made of purple satin lined with white silk, but is now made of rose pink satin lined with pearl grey silk. On the left side is a representation of the star (see below). The collar, also worn only by Knights and Dames Grand Cross, is made of gold. It consists ...

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The theme that most critics and fans of the film have pointed to is that of the human birth cycle. When Kane, Dallas, and Lambert venture into the alien craft, they enter through giant vagina-like openings and travel up a tunnel that resembles the birth canal. The long, telescopic machinery the fossilized alien sits in is phallus-shaped, and the egg that Kane finds could be interpreted as an ovum. All this imagery is not surprising since Giger's art is often of a sexual nature; however, this theme may have gone unnoticed by audiences be ...

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