Many in this largely blue-collar parish have come to depend on Father Burns, who arrived a year ago.

Mr. Rostenkowski believes that his largely blue-collar constituency would view it as a tax break for the affluent.

The same saying, in reverse, might be called forth to describe local attitudes toward developers, who have begun to modify this largely blue-collar city.

A largely blue-collar audience has given way to more affluent and educated readers.

The sites, which together have 700 employees and cover nearly three million square feet of space, are in relatively low-cost areas with largely blue-collar work forces.

Supporters had argued that a new name would enhance property values in the largely blue-collar town.

After that, he led a largely blue-collar life that instilled in him empathy for the poor.

It is a diverse community of largely blue-collar people of numerous ethnic derivations.

Saugerties, a largely blue-collar river community, doesn't seem temperamentally suited for a rock festival.

It is now a community of modest homes and largely blue-collar families, stretching along the river, below a wooded bluff.