Sentences with phrase «called upper middle»

The disorder and early sorrow witnessed by Thomas Mann in the early 1920s was visited upon what he called the upper middle class.

With its 740 and 760 models, Volvo advanced into the so - called upper middle class of cars.

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We call this the mass affluent class, or upper middle class if you're so inclined.

The 1960s ushered in many changes, one of which was the end of the broad social consensus, call it bourgeois morality, that held sway among white Americans of all classes, upper, lower, and middle.

To be sure, the Christian community to whom Paul wrote was not exactly the upper class of this metropolis; in all likelihood, its members were mostly what we would today call lower middle class.

We've done so because the people at the top prefer a permissive atmosphere that allows us to do as we wish» as long as we don't hurt anyone, a judgment call that ends up ruling out things upper - middle - class people don't like, such as smoking and putting glass bottles in plastics - only recycling bins.

They say that «meritocracy brings with it what we will call the national upper - middle class style: cosmopolitan, moderate, universalistic, somewhat legalistic, concerned with equity and fair play, aspiring to neutrality between regions, religions, and ethnic groups» (p. 12).

Middle and upper middle class parents are more likely to adopt what she calls a «Concerted cultivation «style of parenting, while working class parents adopt «natural growth» parenting sMiddle and upper middle class parents are more likely to adopt what she calls a «Concerted cultivation «style of parenting, while working class parents adopt «natural growth» parenting smiddle class parents are more likely to adopt what she calls a «Concerted cultivation «style of parenting, while working class parents adopt «natural growth» parenting styles.

The first is what Canada calls the Conveyor Belt — a system that reaches kids early and then moves them through a seamless series of programs that try to re-create the invisible cocoon of support that surrounds middle - class and upper - middle - class kids throughout their childhoods.

The states have relatively high taxes, and the loss of the deductions will mean middle and upper middle class residents, and wealthy residents will pay more in what Cuomo calls «double taxation.»

The states have relatively high taxes, and the loss of the deductions will mean middle - and upper - middle - class residents and wealthy residents will pay more in what Cuomo calls «double taxation.»

When the Council finally approved the fee in May, state Sen. Simcha Felder got a bill passed in the upper house effectively preventing the fee, which he calls onerous to low - and middle - income New Yorkers.

At the same time, clinging to the idea that Labour has been hijacked by upper middle - class radicals allows so - called moderates to avoid facing up to what has actually gone wrong.

In the winter, intermixing of stratospheric ozone with the troposphere in a process called Stratospheric Tropospheric Exchange (STE) is the chief means of ozone transport into our air, but Dr. Wang says in summertime that process subsides and lightning bolts create significant ozone enhancements in the middle to upper troposphere, particularly in the Southeastern US.

In middle and high school, increased opportunities such as science camps like SciGirls, recruitment of girls to participate in upper level science courses or extracurricular activities, informal science learning experiences and increasing visibility and access to women scientists both fictional and real are other methods to sustain girls interest and engagement in so called «hard science» fields.

In the winter, intermixing of stratospheric ozone with the troposphere in a process called Stratospheric Tropospheric Exchange (STE) is the chief means of ozone transport into our air, but Dr. Wang says in summertime that process subsides and lightning bolts create significant ozone enhancements in the middle to upper troposphere, particularly in the Southeastern U.S.

«El G,» who at 5» 9» was estimated to have the cardiovascular system of a man 6» 6», the inseam of a man 6» 2», and the upper body of a man 5» 2» («a machine,» said commentator Craig Masbach, a former 3:52 miler himself) was also motivated by deepest of callings; he believed that it was his destiny in the eyes of Allah to become the greatest middle distance runner in history.

Your middle and upper back — called the thoracic spine — rounds posteriorly.

Added to that, Firewall is yet another example of what I call a Business Class Thriller, tailor made to engross upper - middle - class dads who spend lots of time on airplanes.

Like Falling Down, Phone Booth delivers a literal wake - up call to the scrapping, morally fast - and - loose middle to upper class (the Caller intones, as much about warnings to be heeded as cat - killing curiosity, «A ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it?»).

But star Amy Adams» role calls on her to spend a lot of time staring thoughtfully in the distance after reading a passage from her ex's tome, all while Ford piles on mean - spirited observations about the heroine's crumbling upper - middle - class lifestyle.

He was living what he calls the upper - middle class «post-college dream» in a loft in Brooklyn, N.Y., taking acting classes, making films — a life he loved.

It isn't a popular subject because we tend to shelf those things that make us uncomfortable, but if you have been in the workforce for over 10 + years, take in, say, $ 100,000 a year but have a net worth of $ 30,000, I would be hesitant to call you «upper middle class» in spite of the official definition.

Featuring Ann Hirsch, Alison Veit, Débora Delmar, and Ryan Travis Christian, the exhibition comes accompanied by a text on a marketing strategy directed at a target customer called «Sydney» who represents a «middle - to - upper income woman who is well - educated, active, and appearance - conscious».

The differences between the NOAA and Met Office global - mean time series are so large they call into question our fundamental understanding of observed temperature trends in the middle and upper stratosphere.