You can be a college graduate with a white collar job, or a skilled factory worker with no formal education, or a technical type with an education somewhere in the middle.
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John is someone who made it from the blue-collar world into the white-collar world with a blue-collar attitude.
Cintamani, 36, interrupts the discussion on Singapore's economic environment, drawing attention to two men one in a three-piece black suit, and another in a futuristic-looking white top embellished with silver at its collar and reaching past his knees over skinny white pants with platform shoes and a woman in a white two-piece, loose-fitting suit with silver heels.
She was wearing a gray Bugle Boy shirt with a collar, light blue jeans and white Reebok sneakers with gray trim.
The state's demographics were in her favour, with a population that is 95% white, largely blue collar and culturally conservative, groups which have tended to support Mrs Clinton in previous primary elections.
By counting each e-mail sent by a white-collar wrongdoer as a separate case of wire fraud, prosecutors can threaten him with a gargantuan sentence unless he confesses, or informs on his boss.
Each day guys, and gals, who went to prison for white-collar crimes come home with thoughts of resuming a normal life.
Alistair McKillop of Renfield Recruitment, a one-office firm in central Glasgow dealing with only white-collar staff, reckons there are 70 direct competitors in the local Yellow Pages.
Over them he buttoned a cuff-frayed and graying black cassock with its faint stink of him, waisted it with a hand-wide black cincture, snapped on a starched white Roman collar, and laced on his ankle-high black walking shoes.
Walking with us are white-collar retirees, accountants and lawyers, to name a few, who choose to spend the day in waterlogged clothes and each night warming up by a wood-burning stove while noshing on MREs from a camping store.
"The white shirt sees a return to the traditional image of British policing with a collar and tie replacing the black zip-up polo shirt, " she said.
With rare exceptions, these white-collar criminals should be accorded the same deference as a thief or worse, because that is what they are.
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Still others will put off prison or sentencing until a later date that more fits their personal schedule as has been done with numerous white-collar cases.
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In white-collar prosecutions, where prosecutors are required to prove a defendant acted with intent, there can be a bigger impetus to testify about his or her state of mind.
Let's say you perform white-collar work of a kind that doesn't require you to meet with customers or coworkers regularly.
Contraband is a problem in prison and it is going to get worse with all these high-paid white-collar felons heading to prison.
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If you're a blue-collar worker with a lower education level, this has hit you much harder than it has higher- educated white-collar workers.
White is an accomplished former prosecutor, and brings with her a serious resume including time as a US Attorney, as well as a decade defending white-collar criminals in private practice.
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When a white-collar felon, or any felon, returns to society they are often viewed with skepticism.
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