Word: dealing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rival groups agreed years ago that the Medellin dealers would monopolize Miami and the Cali clan would control the New York trade. But the popularity of crack has expanded the more profitable New York traffic and apparently shattered the deal. One ominous result is that both Robert M. Stutman, head of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration office in New York, and Sterling Johnson, New York City's special narcotics prosecutor, say they have learned that the Medellin cartel has hired gunmen to kill them. Says Stutman: "We get very angry at this type of thing...
...Western diplomat in Burundi denied seeing evidence of a military killing spree. "The idea that the army is massacring the Hutu is just not what we're hearing here," he said. "Nongovernmental sources, including missionaries coming down from the north, say the army is acting with a great deal of restraint...
...sustained by her belief that "this isn't the end, and parting isn't forever." For those who take a more secular view of death, there are very practical reasons for the hospice philosophy. "We must not lose the chance," she says, "of making good on a great deal of untidiness in our lives, or of making time to pack our bags and say, 'Sorry, goodbye and thank you.' " There are many in the world today who, after watching death come calmly and peacefully to relatives, have good reason to say thank you to Dame Cicely...
Such clients appreciate small shops because the advertisers can command the faithful attention of the agencies' top talent. Doing business with a small firm typically entitles the client to deal with the boss, while at a mega- agency the upper echelon usually concentrates on major accounts like IBM (budget: $138 million). But the greatest lure is the little shops' reputation for creativity. In last June's annual Clio Awards ceremony, the industry's equivalent of Oscar night, Fallon McElligott of Minneapolis ($142 million) won twelve prizes. The most honored Madison Avenue contender, BBDO Worldwide ($3.7 billion), won seven. Among...
...mega-firms are not endangered, of course, because they provide many services that smaller firms cannot. Big corporations that want to sell their products globally often prefer to deal with agencies that maintain large research departments and branch offices all around the world. Because they deal in volume, major agencies can also offer some services at more competitive prices...