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...Wild Burrito caused more excitement in the African-American community than the company intended. The spot featured dark-skinned island "natives" with painted faces, dancing in loincloths, flames belching from their mouths. African Americans immediately attacked Taco Bell's attempt at multicultural advertising. Oakland city council official Fred Ferguson described it as "plain and simple racist." The ad was withdrawn...
...champ has fought twice since taking the title from Holyfield, but he barely worked up a sweat to achieve first- and second-round knockouts against over-the-hill pugs Michael Dokes and Jesse Ferguson. Looking beyond this Saturday's fight, some fight fans think they might see Bowe under some strain in a matchup with Lennox Lewis, the British boxer who defeated him in the 1988 Olympics. Lewis, another 6-ft. 5-in. power tower, inherited one of Bowe's three heavyweight titles after Bowe and his manager-mentor, Rock Newman, rejected the World Boxing Council's timetable...
...Laura Ferguson, managing editor of the Gazette, said early this week that she was unsure about the paper's policy on entries in the police log. Ferguson said she would call back with the policy, but did not. She then did not return repeated phone calls this week...
...instance, relies on 10% of its high-volume customers for 50% of its residential toll revenues. If AT&T helps this kind of customer bypass the network, the Baby Bells claim, they would be left with higher-cost, less profitable customers, which would invite rate increases. Says William Ferguson, chairman of New York-based local phone company NYNEX: "Consumers could end up paying for this deal...
...Although Ferguson will try to shoot down the deal, the AT&T-McCaw merger looks as if it may fly. While the Justice Department has yet to give the two companies the go-ahead, the FCC has in the past looked favorably at such transactions. If the agency does not approve, it can expect to be swiftly inundated with demands from the rest of the industry to be saved from the competitive behemoth that technology has spawned...