Word: atlas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...small wings and a magic wand in the form of a fat cigar. O'Malley is a thoroughgoing Micawber-type fraud who never brings off his constantly promised miracles, but never alienates his small disciple's faith in him. O'Malley's companions are: 1) Atlas the Mental Giant, a bull-necked gnome who computes all problems on a slide rule; 2) Launcelot McSnoyd, an invisible leprechaun who speaks thick Brooklynese; 3) Gus the Ghost, an ectoplasmic intellectual who ghostwrites O'Malley's autobiography when O'Malley runs for Congress. There is also...
Frazer's unhappiness came from a swirl of rumors that spread from Detroit: he was putting Graham-Paige and other companies together in a new combine to balk Ford; the Fisher brothers were in; the Fisher brothers were out; Atlas Corp. was buying Graham-Paige heavily in the open market...
Frazer's "associates" include David Baird, vice president of Marsh & McLennan, insurance brokers, and Floyd Odium, Boyd Hatch and Oswald L. Johnston, all of Atlas Corp. But Atlas itself is putting no money into Graham-Paige stock. Atlas Corp.'s June 30 statement showed a heavy cash position. The purchases were made by Atlas officers and directors as "personal investments...
...Graham-Paige statement, together with the information given out by Atlas Corp. officers, stilled the storm. Volume in the low-priced motor shares fell off and prices receded. By week's end, interest had shifted to old favorites...
...George meet at Sam's house, at George's shack in the woods (this mail-order shelter quite natu rally sets them talking about the pioneer log cabin), and gradually they trace the rise of the Republic to world power and world responsibilities. A specially prepared history atlas of 17 maps is available to listeners...