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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Revenues spiraled as the Saatchis bought up rival ad agencies, including Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, Backer & Spielvogel, and Ted Bates in 1986. But returns on the investments dropped sharply as management failed to meld the pieces into a smoothly run global company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sibling Setbacks | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...without Medicaid, and can do little but gnash their teeth when family crises occur in their homeland, because to leave the U.S. might mean never to return. "You often find them trying to put on New York accents while they serve you in a restaurant, just so they can meld into the background and not be found out," says Ray O'Hanlon, the national editor of the New York City-based Irish Echo newspaper. "This is rather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Re-Greening of America | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

Athletes' attempts to meld both athletics and academics are not always recognized by their classmates. Even at Harvard, supposedly an enlighted institution, stereotypes of athletes--like the "dumb jock" label--exist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grappling With the Burdens of a Dual Life | 1/18/1989 | See Source »

...awkward title says it all: the platform tries to meld the "competence" of Michael Dukakis with the "hope" conveyed by Jesse Jackson. "Restoration" can be seen as a small bow to the platform's author, Theodore Sorensen, who was John Kennedy's speechwriter. Sorensen's secret: exhausting run-on sentences that cleverly mask meaning with their painful paucity of verbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reading Between the Lines | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

Farmer's genius lies in his ability to meld high-tech proficiency with old- fashioned schmoozing. He makes each member of his national network feel he is a part of some magnificent mission. If someone raises $5,000, Farmer names him to a local finance committee; $10,000 brings elevation to the national committee. "People like to have some piece of a presidential campaign," he explains. "My job is to bond them to the candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farmer with A Green Thumb | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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