“The workout that the media have given this compound since the market debacle began should entitle it to overtime pay. It makes a pretty good contrast with Wall Street and seems to overlap more and more with British High Street, despite some areas of meaning that remain distinct. Usage goes back to the 19th century, but Sinclair Lewis’s 1920 novel of the same name is what really gave Main Street legs.”

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