Word: units
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many of Africa's poachers operate with the cold precision of a crack military unit. They are well armed and organized into gangs of up to ten men. Their weapons, often AK-47 assault rifles, can pepper a herd with 30 rounds in less than five seconds. Frequently they are ex-army men. When they run into antipoaching units, they respond as trained soldiers would, withdrawing and firing, then scattering and rendezvousing hours or days later at prearranged sites. In Angola rebels help finance military operations with ivory. Among the larger bands of poachers, some men are designated as cooks...
...helped handle the registration for Burundi. "There were rooms -- bathrooms, kitchens, garages, you name it -- stacked with ivory to the roof." But Burundi did not keep its promise to get out of the business; instead it accumulated another 90 tons. Says Joe Yovino, former head of the CITES ivory unit: "No question, we got snookered." Yet four months ago, the CITES secretariat agreed to arrange for the sale of about 28 tons that had been seized by Burundi authorities. Jacques Berney, the deputy secretary-general of CITES, says he is convinced that the new Burundi government, which came to power...
...Boston Detective Unit discovered John Elzer, 27, breaking into a motor veichle at the Furnpike Parking lot in Allston on Monday night, said Carl A. Tempesta, management information systems coordinator for the Harvard Police. On discovery Elzer fled the scene in another car and then abandoned the car on Memorial drive...
Aside from a few major hits such as Ghostbusters, The Karate Kid and When Harry Met Sally . . ., Columbia's movie-production unit has been floundering for years. The most spectacular flop: Ishtar, the Dustin Hoffman-Warren Beatty desert lark released in 1987, which lost $25 million. Three top-management teams have come and gone since CEO David Begelman was forced out in 1978 amid a financing scandal. Coca-Cola, which bought the studio in 1982 and still controls 49% of its stock, fired British producer David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire) in 1987 after barely a year at the helm, during...
...same time, Sony gave free rein to CBS Records chief Walter Yetnikoff, 56, to build the unit's creative output. "CBS always treated us like a stepchild, a little, dirty urchin," says Yetnikoff, "but Sony gives us respect. The important thing is, they like the artists and the business. They understand it's more important for me to take Bruce Springsteen's call than Norio Ohga...