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Eventually a legislator finds it easier to understand the plight of the constituent-friend who would be hurt by a bill cracking down on reckless savings and loan executives than the plight of a constituent he does not know -- Joe Sixpack faithfully depositing his weekly savings into a 5% passbook account. When friends of Wright and Coelho who were heading up failing S & Ls came under investigation for fraud, the Democratic leaders were not only willing to take their calls and visits but to stall legislation and a federal investigation that would have cracked down on these people...
...What do I think of deregulation, you ask me?" muses Joe Sixpack as he takes a break from mowing the lawn. "Frankly, I love it and I hate it! Take the airlines. I can get a great bargain fare to Miami, but you can be sure my flight will be delayed for two hours because of air-traffic congestion. As for the bank, it now gives me interest on my checking account, which is nice, but then sticks me with a $5 fee every time I drop below my minimum balance. Our family's long-distance bill has gone down...
...only one big hit this year, Romancing the Stone, and a string of flops, including Rhinestone, Unfaithfully Yours and Sixpack...
With a retail price of $4.99 a sixpack, Anchor Steam is not exactly a poor man's tipple. That should make the convention freebies taste all the better. Says Maytag: "When the beer is free, it usually sells fairly well...
...beverages generally mimic all the trappings of premium beer, including the price tag of $3 or more per sixpack. Moussy, a nonalcoholic Swiss-made product, is bottled like a prestige import beer, complete with foil wrapper. White Rock Products, which distributes Moussy (pronounced moose-y) in the U.S., expects to sell 650,000 cases this year. The company is now running a special advertising campaign in the Midwest aimed at churchgoers who have given up alcohol for Lent...