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Simon's grasp of the seriousness of the problem is the more surprising since he had no special background in the oil business when he entered the Government. He was then known on Wall Street as a bond trader who had an uncanny sense of when to buy and sell. Simon, a New Jerseyan, started his career as a brokerage-house trainee in 1952, a year after graduating from Lafayette College. By the time President Nixon tapped him for the Treasury in December 1972, he had become a senior partner of Salomon Brothers, one of the nation...
...first choice of rookies. He accomplished this by selling a reliable veteran center, Ralph Backstrom, to the Los Angeles Kings, who were struggling with the Seals to stay out of last place. Backstrom's arrival kept the Kings out of the cellar. Pollock is such a shrewd trader that the Canadiens consistently come up with a spectacular crop of rookie stars; as a result, Montreal has won the Stanley Cup six out of the past nine years. "Expansion," says Pollock, "has been a great thing." What is great for Pollock, however, is not necessarily great for hockey...
...also the home of the or ganization's leader, a hefty adventurer whose Swiss passport bears the name of Hans Lenzlinger, but who is more widely known as "the People-Smuggler of Zurich." Now 44, Lenzlinger used to be a big-game hunter in Africa and a trader in animal skins. Then he opened a massage parlor in Zurich in the late '60s. After the parlor ran afoul of the vice squad, he switched to the business of selling freedom. In two years, he claims, he has helped 152 East Germans, Hungarians, Czechs and Bulgarians flee to freedom...
Even the destruction of Li and Tuan's operations will not stop the supply of opium from the Triangle. Dozens of smaller traders wait to step in when big operators disappear. The Triangle's climate and altitude are perfect for the poppy-the cultivation of which provides thousands of villagers with a livelihood. One seasoned opium trader remarked: "In this business, there are not only millions of dollars at stake but thousands of people who have a vested interest in the system. You might as well try to plug up a sieve...
...person of Hebrew race; an Israelite." He does, however, object to the second: "As a name of opprobrium or reprobation; spec. applied to a grasping or extortionate moneylender or usurer, or a trader who drives hard bargains or deals craftily." Acting as his own lawyer, Shloimovitz will ask the court to force the O.E.D. to delete definition No. 2 from all future printings...