Sentences with phrase «working class folk»

Though Krasinski has strong moments in slapstick - y scenes opposite Clooney, on and off the football field, the film was another one that helped construct Krasinski's desired, if synonymous film image: an all - American guy, who often played working class folk (even when he was a Hollywood filmmaker in Ry Russo - Young's indie drama «Nobody Walks,» he was a sound designer).

Woody is often sharp with character study and Jasmine is something else, but his portrait of San Francisco working class folk is less convincing and carried only by the strength of a typically excellent cast (it also co-stars Louis C. K., Andrew Dice Clay, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg) and an honesty and commitment that the socially poised rich of the film lack.

With the economy in the shape it's in, intelligent people want to create jobs, this jackass wants to take jobs away from productive working class folks while continuing to let the lazy slobs sitting on their asses collect welfare as long as they wish.

The Republican party of bankers and businessman has never cared for the working class masses they suckered into voting for them and those working class folks have finally begun to realize it.

A Day in the Country (Criterion, Blu - ray, DVD)-- Jean Renoir has long been called the cinematic successor to the French Impressionists — he is, after all, the son of Auguste Renoir, and his generosity and humanism and interest in the lives of working class folks is in the spirit of the movement.

Goodwill Hunting very much stands at the intersection of the Bay State, in between its gritty old town feel and working class folks — and the more educated, often more phony, newer, wealthier types and hipper, Brahman locations.

Sicko shows Moore once again as a man of the people, the baseball - capped avenger of corporate misdeeds against regular, working class folks, instead of a public spokesperson for his own views.

But in certain areas working class folks dedicate a larger portion of their budget to their housing expense.

Not exact matches

One of the biggest miscalculations among Democrats has to do with the level of suffering among disaffected working class and middle white folks.

But, one thing you feel in Reading is that there are these middle class and working class white folks who feel very angry and are pointing to the Latino population for all their woes.

And it made the 30 - year - old entrepreneur an immediate folk hero in working - class America.

If we see rising wages for working and middle class folk, it could push more people up the income distribution which means higher savings rates.

There's a sort of shared anticipation in the air as the days grow shorter, the breezes get cooler, and folks everywhere begin new journeys together — a new school year for teachers and students, new jobs for recent grads, new projects at work, new Sunday school classes at church, new shows on TV, a new session of Congress in Washington, new routines, new people, new information, new schedules.

The Beach Boys were a pretty good model of what thoroughly middle class folk with no blues or country apprenticeship possibilities can aspire to do, working to keep a rhythm n» blues feel while trying to work something fresh out of elements (barbershop, surf instros) that reflected their backgrounds.

So fans (who were not yet a «fan base») bought a newspaper on the way in as anti-splinter protection, the working - class folks sitting on a News - Post and the white - collar types on an Evening Sun.

This mother of four works full - time while attending classes at Lakeland Community College, and takes care of a lot of folks around her — including her mother, and her three dogs, not to mention her students!

By the way — the folks who run BlogAds.com are a class act, very willing to help with advice, and it's been a pleasure working with them to help launch some of these campaigns.

This budget targets those who need CUNY the most: poor and working class people in New York, contingent faculty (adjuncts and fellows and HEOs) who are paid shit and have no security, folks who can't afford NYU and don't know enough academic slang to get into Columbia.

On where Johnson fits, might I speculate that his function is to remind folk of what the Labour Party is actually about — you know, working folk who made something of themselves and got into politics in order to improve the lot of their class brethren?

While some folks work tirelessly to protect tax breaks for billionaires and corporate special interests, Sean has been working to grow small businesses and fight for middle class families.»

He is going to drive all hard working middle - class folks right out of NEW York.

«She has worked tirelessly to create good middle - class jobs through community projects, provide affordable housing so folks have a decent place to lay their head at night and invest in education so that the children in her district receive the quality education they deserve.»

Certainly everybody that I saw in my short time was extremely interested in purchasing a car and if they happen to be from the more upwardly mobile kind of middle class, they were very interested in buying not a fuel - efficient car but a hummer even, you know, pretty much following the exact same model as the American aspiration or, you know, the «American dream» model and certainly the suburbs seem to be a growing trend and if you noticed that, Philip, you know, I visited a suburb called Orange County outside of Beijing and it really looked like Orange County and they even had like the palm trees and everything and I saw these in all the cities I visited Chongqing, Chengdu, various other cities that I visited, they were ringed by suburbs and the folks who live there, you know, the privileged few were using cars to commute into the cities for work.

I just started my Spring quarter this week, after not being in school since last spring, so it's been pretty weird re-adjusting to getting up at 6 AM everyday and trying to balance class, work, and blogging (as well as designated Netflix time, am I right folks!?)

A dive bar, like Tremont Lounge, suits the humble tastes of many working - class folks in Newark.

Sure, Carver has lost his moral compass when it comes to shady dealings with struggling working - class folks, yet he's believable when relaying a speech about being forced into such bottom feeding when circumstances threatened his own livelihood.

Charmingly hokey... takes the suburban - working - class - folks - meet - space - aliens paradigm of early Spielberg and marries it to Lucas» Star Wars.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

Blair's portrayal of the world of drug addicts, lowlifes and the simple working - class folk that get mixed up in the aftermath of their petty crimes, is unerring and feels closely related to Saulnier's universe.

The Last Starfighter takes the suburban - working - class - folks - meet - space - aliens paradigm of early Spielberg and marries it to Lucas» Star Wars.

Born into rural poverty and servitude, Gaines manages, through diligent work and an ingratiating manner towards white folk, to move from a small - town inn to a high - class hotel in Washington, DC, where he comes to the notice of a White House staff recruiter.

Kyle represents the work - class folks who are simply fed up with the lies and manipulation for which the media and Wall Street seeming conspire on a regular basis.

And will the Supra come in at a price that working - class folks can afford?

A dozen working - class folks, both genders, they'd staked out a spot on the cement with a prison - window - sized view of the hairpin.

With airline - style tray tables that deploy from the center console, large LCD screens to surf the Net or watch videos, cupholders that keep your beverages cool or hot, a built - in footrest and a remote (or iPhone app) to commandeer all the controls from the driver, it's such an easy place to get work done (or just lounge) that it wouldn't surprise us if more folks bought S - classes in which to be chauffeured than to actually drive (read: China).

Originally a companion of rich folks, the dog fell out of favor with the aristocracy around the 19th century but found loving arms in the German working class.

It is located in a working class kamaaina (local family) beach neighborhood («5 - star hotel folks» - this is definitely not the right property for you), so please be sure that everyone in your travel group is made aware of this so that everyone has a blissful time on Maui.

What this means — for anyone who hit top rank on their Scout class within 24 hours of playtime — is that many players will find that their class ranks have been reset entirely; whilst you will keep any previously unlocked weapons, a few folks working their way to rank 10 will have to start over.

Because EXPO is known as a place for the Midwest's curators to hunt for upcoming exhibition fodder, the folks at David Zwirner made sure to bring a slate of first - class works by artists ranging from Isa Genzken to Flavin and Judd.

From the title, we assume it to be that of folk hero, John Henry, who as a 19th century working - class figure, beat the machine that was about to take over his job, leading to his death.

He explores working - class musical culture, from nineteenth - century folk to glam and rock music in the 70s and 80s.

Irish folk music has played an intrinsic part in the socio - political history of the Irish working - class.

But for the rest of the folks, having that myopic vision and then ending up in the third quartile of your class can be devastating because now you don't have the grades that get you the job, but you also haven't spent any time cultivating organic relationships that will actually result in work.

For folks suffering from GERD, it's still quite possible to qualify for a Preferred or Preferred Plus rate class, you'll just need to demonstrate that your current medication is working well to minimize any damage to the esophagus, and that your condition is not worsening.

For folks suffering from GERD, it's still quite possible to qualify for a Preferred or Preferred Plus rate class, you'll just need to demonstrate that your current medication is working well to minimize any damage to the esophagus.

What we've come to expect when working with folks who have had an artificial heart valve surgery is that as long as everything appears to be in good working condition, and you are otherwise healthy, you should be able to qualify for what is considered a «table rated» insurance rate class.

Finally, as a reward for good work and lessons learned, ask your folks if they would consider sending you to a class at the Panoz Racing School, or a similar school.