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Eric Tilford, the 29-year-old creative director of St. Louis agency Core, admits he is not a patient man. He spent two years working at established agencies in town–one year at the now-shuttered TBWA Chiat/Day and another at Simmons Durham–before striking out with a few like-minded malcontents to form his own shop.

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