How to duplicate an Address Book card?

An old discussion from Nov 2010 almost describes my situation, but the same solution cannot be found in OS 10.7.3. (click HERE for that short discussion)
My question is actually broader — it's about how to best use AB.
It's a similar situation where several people, each with a different email address, all work at the same company, same address, same phones. So I have one AB entry full of details and notes for the company. Often the company name is the name of the primary contact person like John Smith, Architect.
Problem is when sending email, the name doesn't match the email address. Sometimes I'm sending email to several people of same company, but it turns up as John Smith <johnsmith@smith.***>, John Smith <[email protected]>, John Smith <[email protected]>, John Smith <whoknows@smith.***>, etc. where they're actually for Jane Doe, Joe Blow, Who Knows, etc.
So should I duplicate the single AB card into separate cards, one for each person at the company?
If so, how can I quickly duplicate the card?
Then how best to update details across all duplicated cards?
If duplicating AB cards is not a good strategy, then how best to use AB for this situation?

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