Word: speculari
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...Baruch was from time to time useful to the Hoover Administration. When Franklin Roosevelt went to Washington, "Bernie" Baruch was slated to be a trusted White House economic observer. "I am a speculator." he said once, "and make no apologies for it. The word comes from the Latin speculari-to observe. I observe." In June 1933, the hawk-eyed financier was around Washington so conspicuously that a friend addressed a telegram to him as "Unofficial President of the U. S." After that his visits to the White House became few and far between...
...reform politician. For gambling for gambling's own peculiar thrill he had no love. His speculations were for profit only. More than that he was a speculator on moral principle. His credo: "I am a speculator and make no apologies for it. The word comes from the Latin speculari-to observe. I observe...
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