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Thursday, July 19, 2012

243. Arcane


From, "Unlikely Gadfly Buzzes Tower's IPO," by Craig Karmin, The Wall Street Journal, 7/18/1:

As if stock-market volatility, arcane securities regulation, and the tepid state of the office market weren't enough, the real estate family seeking to list the Empire State Building now has to contend with an unexpected foe: a semiretired guy in a beach community near San Diego.

Arcane:  understood by few

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