Word: groups
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...mood of the electorate. The constituency that has begun to catch on to the Unity Compaign is the very constituency that can elect him. No longer the darling of the academic community, Anderson has maintained his standing in the pools. The support base has shifted toward a more representative group of the American electorate...
Community groups have often accused First National and other banks of "redlining" in several towns by denying mortgages and other loans. Now the Massachusetts Urban Reinvestment Advisory Group (MURAG) wants banks to base loans on financial credibility--not addresses...
...group expected to testify is the Fenway Project Area Committee (FENPAC), a community group trying to encourage development in the Fenway area...
...eight-member group evolved a year ago from the Jamaica Plain Banking and Mortgage Committee, a community group that tried to pressure banks into investing MURAG's members include former Jamaica Plain community activists, three VISTA volunteers and a college intern...
MURAG has battled two other banks on community investments. In one, MURAG blocked the purchase of bank by the Provident Bank, but in March the group failed to stop the expansion of Freedom Federal Savings and Loan on Cape Cod. But the latter case was not a total loss for MURAG. Since the last hearings in March the bank has improved its community reinvestment and loan programs, Carras said...