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Word: platoff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thirtyfour, Jewish and a lawyer, David Saperstein is one New Dealer who did not receive his inspiration from Felix Frankfurter and the Harvard Law School. From Columbia he returned across the Hudson to his home town of Union City, N. J., where he soon entered the firm of Platoff, Saperstein & Platoff. The Platoffs and the Sapersteins were old neighbors in suburban Weehawken. Mr. Pecora took him to Washington as his chief assistant in the Senate Banking & Currency Committee investigation. David Saperstein used to play semi-pro baseball, now loves poker and the writing of unpublished plays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: State of the Market | 7/30/1934 | See Source »

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