They generally earned $10 to $20 an hour, making them typical of the broad middle of the American work force.

He said the "broad pragmatic middle" of the business community is saying to itself, "the pork's in jeopardy; the taxes aren't."

The dilemma is that entitlements principally involve the broad American middle that is key to electoral success.

He counted himself in the broad middle.

He was also positioning himself to be the candidate of the broad middle when he runs for reëlection.

Yet things have not worked out for those of us in the broad middle.

Eatzi's is taking dead aim at the broad middle, and in a restaurant-mad, takeout-crazy city like New York, it may have found its richest target.

It is supported by politicians and economists in the broad middle of the ideological spectrum.

In the main, the broad middle of the ideological spectrum of economists and politicians from both parties support the trade pact.

Madam President, even to a slightly unprejudiced eye, there is clearly no trace of racism down the broad middle of this House.