His father ran a small dress factory and maintained a good standard of living for the family.

His father became a peddler and eventually a presser in a dress factory.

At 14 years of age, he was hired for full-time work in a dress factory and left school, never to re-enroll.

Mr. Oliviero, the former owner of a dress factory, is a popular man on the floor.

Small dress factories provided employment, mostly for women, in the period when mining was in decline; but they too closed.

His first development venture in real estate was in 1962, building dress factories in the South.

The war economy means that investing money in building warehouses, for example, may seem more profitable than building a dress factory, he said.

His father ran a grocery store that failed, then worked as a peddler and finally a presser in a dress factory.

He left school for good when he was 14 for a full-time job in a dress factory.

His mother is still working at the dress factory in midtown.