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Word: pecoraman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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David Saperstein, director of SEC's Trading & Exchange Division, is an old-time Pecoraman. Smart, he has hired Wall Streeters steeped in the lore of the tape to watch the ticker day in, day out for signs of manipulation. Whenever his tape readers smell a pool, squads of SEC investigators swarm into action. Technical Adviser Paul Gourrich was trained in Kuhn, Loeb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Reform & Realism | 7/22/1935 | See Source »

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