While we were dreaming Martin's dream and waiting for some new messiah to arrive and save «the gains of the «60s,» this new group off middle - aged, increasingly well - off stock - and bondholders, corporate managers and their cadres of young urban professionals who never had it so good, were walking away with their loot and leaving the nation with a deficit which in 1990 will probably be in excess of $ l54 billion. (religion-online.org)
Many of the NY church - planting successes used as models across the country are paradigms of young urban professionals (Yuppies) that worship together. (christianitytoday.com)
Wall was surprised to find that it wasn't just young urban professionals who were coming to Old St. Pat's; the yuppies were bringing their parents, who were disaffected with their suburban parishes or with Catholic life altogether. (religion-online.org)