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This breakout in class warfare hasn't all been the Royal Wedding's fault; the past year has brought Tony Blair's view of Britain as an upwardly-mobile society crashing down faster than the banks clasped within the jaws of the financial crisis.
John Johnston: The Royal Wedding and the British Relationship With Class John Johnston 2011
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This breakout in class warfare hasn't all been the Royal Wedding's fault; the past year has brought Tony Blair's view of Britain as an upwardly-mobile society crashing down faster than the banks clasped within the jaws of the financial crisis.
John Johnston: The Royal Wedding and the British Relationship With Class John Johnston 2011
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The truth for them is that the tools -- things like education, an upwardly-mobile job, a decent social network, some savings -- are hard to get a hold of, and hard to hold onto once obtained.
Tiziana Dearing: The Very Poor, the Middle Class and the Real Economic Challenge of 2012 Tiziana Dearing 2012
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This breakout in class warfare hasn't all been the Royal Wedding's fault; the past year has brought Tony Blair's view of Britain as an upwardly-mobile society crashing down faster than the banks clasped within the jaws of the financial crisis.
John Johnston: The Royal Wedding and the British Relationship With Class John Johnston 2011
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Gaddafi as part of a revolutionary jobs-creation program for the upwardly-mobile offspring of local shepherds, he assured us.
Michael Bronner: Civil War (Hold the Mustard...) Michael Bronner 2011
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The truth for them is that the tools -- things like education, an upwardly-mobile job, a decent social network, some savings -- are hard to get a hold of, and hard to hold onto once obtained.
Tiziana Dearing: The Very Poor, the Middle Class and the Real Economic Challenge of 2012 Tiziana Dearing 2012
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Finally, it's an established fact that men without a high school or college diploma are more likely to be unemployed, divorced or unable to support a family-- let alone hold their own with a growing pool of educated and upwardly-mobile Latinas.
Guy Garcia: The Hispanic Gender Gap: Can Latinas Save the American Family? Guy Garcia 2011
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Finally, it's an established fact that men without a high school or college diploma are more likely to be unemployed, divorced or unable to support a family-- let alone hold their own with a growing pool of educated and upwardly-mobile Latinas.
Guy Garcia: The Hispanic Gender Gap: Can Latinas Save the American Family? Guy Garcia 2011
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The truth for them is that the tools -- things like education, an upwardly-mobile job, a decent social network, some savings -- are hard to get a hold of, and hard to hold onto once obtained.
Tiziana Dearing: The Very Poor, the Middle Class and the Real Economic Challenge of 2012 Tiziana Dearing 2012
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Gaddafi as part of a revolutionary jobs-creation program for the upwardly-mobile offspring of local shepherds, he assured us.
Michael Bronner: Civil War (Hold the Mustard...) Michael Bronner 2011
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