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...star in gentlemanly fashion as "Ellen DeGenerate," and from the Rev. Donald E. Wildmon, whose American Family Association has issued barely veiled threats to boycott Ellen's advertisers. A stalwart ABC says it nevertheless expects that Ellen will be fully sponsored, although two occasional advertisers on Ellen, J.C. Penney and Chrysler, have announced they won't continue to sponsor the show. This can't have made ABC happy. But even for controversial shows there are usually enough advertisers to go around if the ratings promise to be high enough, which controversy often ensures. The network remains optimistic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: ROLL OVER, WARD CLEAVER | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

When Cecilia Penney first saw the explosion, she thought, "Is this a nuclear war? It was like I was watching it on TV." Her husband Randy then joined volunteers on a small rescue fleet of six boats. "The water was on fire from the fuel," he says. Soon he and his friends had "pulled three bodies out of the water; two of them were still strapped to their seats. We had to get them out of there quick because we didn't want them to sink." Of the 18 people Randy saw pulled out of the water, about half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERROR ON FLIGHT 800: TERROR ON FLIGHT 800 | 7/29/1996 | See Source »

...often appalling. He has about 800 inspectors to police them all, which is why public outrage comes in handy. "Consumer pressure is vitally important," he says. "We have also begun naming names." Every three months the department lists the manufacturers that are dealing with sweatshops. Some, like J.C. Penney last week, have finally agreed to start policing themselves, after being warned four times by the Labor Department. Others, like the Gap, Levi Strauss and Sears, have pledged to fight exploitative practices and are winning praise and awards for their efforts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAUSE CELEB | 6/17/1996 | See Source »

...group was organized in 1991 by Chancellor Sherry Penney of U-Mass Boston and Zelda Gamson, director of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education. Penney is currently the acting president of the U-Mass system...

Author: By Alison D. Overholt, | Title: Wilson Challenges Weld on Welfare | 7/28/1995 | See Source »

Chandler approached the Women's Legislative Caucus, a bi-partisan group of legislators at the Massachusetts State House, with the information from Wilson's article. The group invited Wilson, Penney, Sister Sheila Megley, president of Regis College, and Grace Brown, president of Roxbury Community College, to address the caucus...

Author: By Alison D. Overholt, | Title: Wilson Challenges Weld on Welfare | 7/28/1995 | See Source »

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