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Quickly, the e-mail list expanded from 30 people to include “everyone and their mama,” says Weiler. Filling inboxes with a message a minute when debates are sparked, the BMF e-mail list remains an integral part of the organization today...
...about their own shaky loans and about what may be a tough new attitude among federal bank regulators. While BankAmerica wrote off $382 million in bad loans in the second quarter, more of its troubles resulted from regulatory pressure to increase its loan-loss reserve by $527 million. UNIONS Mama Knows Best...
...million-member United Food and Commercial Workers union trusts that the American public will listen to Mama. In an effort to communicate with the public about issues that affect labor, the organization has hired Actress Vicki Lawrence. She will portray the irascible, aggressively cracker-brained character Mama, whom she played first on the Carol Burnett Show and later on her own sitcom Mama's Family, in a series of light but straight-talking television commercials on themes such as union organizing, foreign takeovers and brand boycotts. Lawrence, a Reagan Republican, signed a one-year, $150,000 contract with the anti...
U.F.C.W. President William Wynn says that the ads mark the first time that a union has used a television character to help sell its views. Frustrated by his organization's inability to reach the public, Wynn thought that the humorous character of Mama would attract the right audience and be able to simplify complex issues. "We're going to go where the public is," says Wynn, "and that's in front of the television set. Every one can relate to Mama." MERGERS Two Healthy Get-Togethers...
...ecstatic voice is a legacy of papa Loudon and mama Kate McGarrigle, but the talent for profanity is all her own. This roar of a song is further proof that a girl and a guitar can be just as menacing...