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Donnie Green himself had been a trader at Salomon Brothers in the dark ages, when traders had more hair on their chests than on their heads. He is remembered as the man who stopped a callow young salesman on his way out the door to catch a flight from New York to Chicago. Green tossed the salesman a ten-dollar bill. ‘Hey, take out some crash insurance for yourself in my name,’ he said. ‘Why?’ asked the salesman. ‘I feel lucky,’ said Green.

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