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Word: barcley (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...shares reached a peak, a new group of sharpers moved in, said Lefkowitz. Knowing the stock was astronomically overpriced, they began selling short. Among those known to have sold short, said Lefkowitz, were two ex-convicts, Sidney Barcley and Morris ("The Weasel") Miller, who got one-year prison terms in 1958 for SEC violations involving Canadian oil and uranium stocks. After the price plummeted, Barcley made the rounds of sweating brokerage houses offering "mob money" to bail the brokers out and take over their businesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH FINANCE: Pop Goes the Weasel | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

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