The administrative system of the government was centralized, and important state officials were given land assignments and exempted from taxation.
The caliphs had occasionally made land assignments (iqṭāʿs) to soldiers in lieu of paying salaries; now the Būyids extended the practice to other individuals and thus removed an important source of revenue from central control.
As a result, global law firms like Clifford Chance and Sullivan & Cromwell; accounting firms like Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers; and financial consultancies like Oliver Wyman and the Promontory Financial Group, are all working overtime to land assignments.
Ms. Klein's leaving came after Arnold New York fell short in several high-profile reviews, failing to land assignments from the Andrew Jergens division of the Kao Corporation, Pfizer and Travelocity.
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In the last two years, Thompson landed assignments with billings estimated at $2 billion from new clients like Avon Products, KPMG and Sun Microsystems.
Gene soon made his mark in the New York book publishing community, first landing assignments with Barnes & Noble.
Enter a new agency, Nitro, a boutique becoming known for landing assignments — previously handled by far larger agencies — from giant marketers like Mars and Unilever.
Career doors opened and I landed assignments in Afghanistan, Indonesia and around the world before settling in the UK with an English husband I met on my travels.
Even Eliot Spitzer, Mr Paterson's predecessor who was caught with a prostitute, found some redemption by landing assignments on CNN and Current TV.Machiavelli praised the prince who could wrestle with Fortuna and defeat her.
Freeman has gone through winning and losing streaks that might dizzy even an inveterate gambler, recently landing assignments from DSW Shoe Warehouse, Sports Authority and the TBS Superstation cable network after two years of suffering departures of major clients like Budget Rent a Car System, Little Caesars, Midas, Mike's Hard Lemonade and Staples.
