"Now you have some substantive black companies in the economic mainstream of South Africa."

"We want to encourage really poor dads to get into the economic mainstream by rewarding work."

It was annexed by Thailand in 1902, but there have been only periodic efforts to integrate it into the cultural and economic mainstream of the country.

"Krugman was beyond doubt the key player in 'placing geographical analysis squarely in the economic mainstream' ... and in conferring it the central role it now assumes."

"Getting blacks into this country's economic mainstream is the key race issue for the rest of this century," Mr. Marsh said.

The 8(a) program is an essential instrument for helping socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs gain access to the economic mainstream of American society.

Their business successes have been less brilliant, but many civil rights activists hope that blacks can push into the economic mainstream in the 1990's.

Fact: People with disabilities have for too long been excluded from the economic mainstream because of such illegalities.

"A main reason that makes me feel he is not really interested in pulling people into the economic mainstream is that he is fighting the higher minimum wage so hard."

Founded in 2002 their mission is to enable economically disadvantaged high school students to enter the economic mainstream by providing them the knowledge and work experience required to succeed as technical professionals.