Word: ruthlessness
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Second, it was losing ground in the public relations war on drugs in the US, its most lucrative market. Apparently, its "Crack, It Does A Body Good" campaign was failing miserably in competition with the ruthless dairy racket...
...Power and success didn't change Puffy," says one former associate. "He's always been a great businessman and a master manipulator." Combs rules Bad Boy with a firm, sometimes ruthless hand, controlling a dozen producers and rappers, supervising them in the studio, approving their lyrics and sometimes even dictating the color of their shoes. If he is tough, Combs says, it's because "there's never been an opportunity like this, even back in the Motown days. Very few people have the chance to be their own boss, to own what they create." Sometimes, to lead...
...general at war with a powerful enemy. Moses was more like Alexander the Great than the key religious figure he is purported to be. Moses had no qualms about asking God to visit upon his enemies the worst of suffering and disease, even death. His God was ruthless and vengeful. Just because Moses invoked God going into battle doesn't make him a respectable religious figure. D. SREENIVASA RAO North Andover, Mass...
...your report on the economic movers and shakers of the 20th century, one motif kept reappearing. Despite all of America's racism, violence, poverty, religious intolerance and ruthless capitalism, the U.S. was and is the only place where a poor immigrant armed with nothing more than vision and unrelenting drive can become a millionaire in a short period of time. YUVAL COHEN Paris
...tough teenage hoodlum on the Lower East Side when his gang targeted a skinny Jewish kid whose bold defiance won their respect. The encounter led to a merger of Jewish and Italian gangs and a lifelong friendship. When Luciano rebuilt the mob, Meyer Lansky was the architect. A ruthless natural ability enabled them to rise through the ranks of their chosen profession. Sometimes they simply eliminated the ranks. When they downsized colleagues, it was permanent...