Word: dealers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...criminal defendants, but that's very misleading. Jeffrey Engerud's civil rights exist independently of whether he's selling drugs or writing Shakespeare themes. As his particular case shows, the only difference between Jeffrey Engerud, student and citizen of the United States and Jeffrey Engerud, criminal defendent and drug dealer, are a couple of well-placed and well-spread rumors and one anonymous call to the cops...
...actual radio sales pitch, broadcast for two years in California and for a few weeks in New York, was a shade more sophisticated than that. But, in essence, that was the offer of Los Angeles Gold and Silver Dealer Alan David Saxon. Would anyone grab at such a flimsy deal? Some 35,000 investors, dazzled by the lure of precious metals as a hedge against renewed inflation, apparently did. Last week they were regretting...
...second act takes place in Leo's "comfy" London townhouse, when the newly successful Otto comes to reclaim her. Gilda dumps both men in exasperation, and the third scene finds her in the ultra-chic New York penthouse of her insipid and confident new husband, the art dealer Ernest. By now Gilda, an interior designer, is totally in control, both of her husband and of her high society clientele. Leo and Otto, reconciled, show up to reclaim her, though, and the three go off happily in modern menage a trois fashion and a peculiar mix of sexual liberation and sentimentality...
...dark face of Mariel continues to overshadow the scene. In December, Universal Studios will release Scarface, a film featuring Actor Al Pacino as a Marielito drug dealer. Despite that land of negative image, the honest Cubans working hard in their new home seem to have faith that the true picture of the Marielitos will emerge. "The spirit of the Cuban boat people has not been beaten," says Cuban Artist Alberto de Lama. "They are not an amorphous mass. They are a much suffering people, with deep fears, desperate hopes and dreams of freedom." Says Miami Assistant City Manager Cesar Odio...
Victor Technologies (1982 sales: $65 million) decided to attack IBM head on in 1981 by building its own sales force and dealer network to match the computer giant. Says Founder and President Charles Peddle: "You're playing for enormous stakes so we took a risk in order to become a major player." But the company recorded an $11 million loss during the second three months of 1983 and expects to lose money during the third quarter as well. Peddle has shaken up the firm by abolishing 350 jobs and bringing in new managers. Now he says he is ready...