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  • n  (French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position
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  • Bankers win friends again in Europe with lure of easy money
    By John O'Donnell BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Jacques de Larosiere says he is an isolated and modest man. Yet the 84-year-old former head of the International Monetary Fund is one of the most influential voices in European and global finance. An eminence grise as respected among France's political elite as in the heart of the law-drafting European Commission, de Larosiere finds himself at the nexus of ...
    April 21, 2014 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

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