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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ACCOLADES-AND THE MONETARY rewards-were gratifying, particularly to a working-class kid, the son of a plasterer from the London suburb of Watford. "He doesn't exactly throw money around," his sister Victoria, 21, told the Watford Observer, "but he feels we shouldn't go without and if he can help us, he does-he's our big brother. He loved his work and would put in up to 20 hours a day. He wanted to make something of himself because he knew he could." The press, she added, "seem to be saying that if you are working class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicholas Leeson: GOING FOR BROKE | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

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