I considered myself an exception, of course. I was accused by some of being a front-row person because I liked to sit next to the man from the Harvard School and watch him draw the organisation charts. I wondered if he would succeed (he didn’t). Also, I asked too many questions. It was assumed that I did this to ingratiate myself with the speakers, like a front-row person. This was untrue. But try telling that to the back row. I lamely compensated for my curiosity by hurling a few paper wads at important traders. And my stock rose dramatically in the back row when I was thrown out of class for
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