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Word: soothsay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1968-1968
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...Wall Street's current investment sensation, the hedge fund (whose profit-at-high-risk philosophy aims at taking advantage of both upward and downward swings of the market). Touches of humorous erudition are sprinkled throughout. A regular monthly column, for example, is called "Haruspex," for the Roman soothsay ers who divined the future by poking through the entrails of sacrificial animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazines: Son of Scarsdale Fats | 11/15/1968 | See Source »

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