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Bankers were miffed too about being tied up with the S & Ls. The symbolic point of contention was the trusted FDIC decal that banks display prominently on their premises and in their advertising. The Administration at first told thrift owners that they would be able to display the symbol under the new plan. To many depositors, the seal represents greater safety and security than the thrift industry's own logo. Bankers therefore vociferously oppose sharing the FDIC seal, maintaining that it would be effectively tarnished if given to the thrifts and would lead to the complete merging...
Eric Baugher, 29, of Bowie, Md., is Top Gun, chiefly because his toolbox decal jauntily proclaims him so. Throughout the Viper's stunning aerobatics, Baugher stood rooted to the tarmac manipulating a tiny radio that controlled the sleek, alcohol-powered jet, which has a 4-ft. wingspan and a 5-ft.-long fuselage. Baugher was one of 1,139 model-airplane fanatics who trundled 7,000 tiny planes into the Norfolk area to compete in the National Model Airplane Championships. Known widely as the Nats, the show is the largest, most diverse gathering of its kind on the globe...
...charming-looking man in a yellow Cadillac. I couldn't get him out of my mind. There should have been a way for me to make contact with him." Thus was born the Freeway Singles Club, a mail-forwarding service whose participants pay $35 for a numbered decal that identifies them as members. The group has a roster of 2,000 in Southern California and has expanded to 16 states...
...there are some problems standing in the way of Del Ray's breaking into the Harvard niche. A blue "Y" decal on the helmet, which stands for Yuppie, looks remarkably similar to the Yale...
Even though Maryland's government has no obligation to support the private insurance fund, many customers might have got a false sense of security from the thrifts' prominently displayed decal symbol, which was designed to look very much like the official state seal. "The thing that's scaring me is that everyone else is scared," said Jeff Shank, an auto mechanic who took a four-hour lunch break to withdraw $14,000 in savings from an Old Court branch...