Word: johannesburger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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First Lord of Diamonds is mustached Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, who lives grandly at Johannesburg, makes occasional visits to London. Sir Ernest, knighted in 1921 for services to the Empire, is chairman of Diamond Corp., which controls 95% of the world's diamond production, chairman of De Beers Consolidated Mines, world's most important diamond mining company. As boss of both ends of Britain's diamond cartel, he always lets his left hand know what his right is doing. When buyers get languid, Sir Ernest's tight little combination turns off the diamond supply like a kitchen...