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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco Highlight

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Most deals were put on hold, as all eyes turned to RJR Nabisco. The information-starved arbitragers, flush against their trading limits, could do little but wait and watch. More than one trader was reminded of an old Western where townspeople cleared the streets so the outlaws could fight.

— Bryan Burrough and John Helyar

Replicated under Fair Use from Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. (Pg. 422)