Consumer boycotts as a tool against trash TV reform
The piece argues for organized advertiser boycotts to curb sexualized TV content. It highlights Terry Rakolta’s campaign against Married with Children, calls for corporate and GOP leadership to target offending magazines and ads, and links consumer economic power to cultural change across media.
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Mich
Terry Rakolta
Fox
Coca-Cola
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McDonald’s
Washington
America
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Reebok
Noxell
Cover Girl
Sassy
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St. Martin de Porres
Christ
Pepsi
America the Beautiful
Weimar
Hitler
GOP
Fat Cats
Ivan Boesky
Bush
Lee Atwater
Defense
Playboy
Penthouse
Hustler
John Tower
Atwater
Rakolta
Concerned Women For America
American Family Association
Morality In Media
Republican Party
Norman Lear
Hollywood Front Group
People For the American Way
Fortune 500
Solar power may mature with patient U.S. push
Solar power could become affordable as tech advances, with Solarex remaining a leading U.S. player while ARCO Exxon Shell and Motorola retreat from solar ventures. Japan and West Germany show interest in acquired operations. Analysts cite short-term profit doubt and urge continued U.S. commitment.
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ARCO
U.S
Exxon Corp
Shell Oil Co
Motorola Inc
Solarex Corp
Amoco Corp
Solarex
Japan
West Germany
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NASA
United States
Dixon zoning debate sparks fears of I-2 risks
Letters warn the Dixon Planning Commission against rezoning farmland south of Dixon to I-2, citing traffic hazards on Bloody Gulch Road near College Avenue and potential industrial impacts on Fargo Creek. Susan Humphrey urges voters to oppose the rezoning amid concerns about fish, bus routes, and child safety.
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Mr. Shaw
Dixon
Bloody Gulch Road
College Avenue
Dixon Planning Commission
Fargo Creek
Lee County
MediGen
Susan Humphrey
Democratic push to raise primary threshold tests Brown leadership
At a private luncheon DNC chairman Ronald Brown weighs Charles Manatt proposal to raise the presidential primary threshold from 15 to 25 percent. The plan aims to discourage viable but nonviable candidacies and could reshape 1992 campaign strategy, with Brown cautious while party veterans push reform.
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Democratic National Committee
Ronald Brown
DNC
Charles Manatt
Brown
Manatt
Jesse Jackson
Michael Dukakis
Virginia
Charles Robb
Jackson
Chicago
Dukakis
Robb
Jesse
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House
Gray
Stuart Eizenstat
Jimmy Carter
Richard Moe
Walter Mondale
John White
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