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gcampbell on Dec 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cornell Said Chosen for NYC Engineering Campus

I thought the preferred pejorative for Leland Stanford was "robber baron".

Duff on Dec 19, 2011 [–]

Or "Captain of Industry" in friendlier contexts.

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