All 10 Uses of
general manager
in
Atlas Shrugged
- The cars carried five thousand tons of copper, bound from a mine in Arizona to the Rearden mills, Rearden telephoned the general manager of the Atlantic Southern, but the answer he received was: "Oh God, Mr. Rearden, how can we tell?†
Chpt 1.7
- Who was the general manager of tie factory?†
Chpt 1.10 *
- There were reports from the general managers of the four Regions of the Taggart system, their pages a typewritten cry of despair over the breakdowns of equipment.†
Chpt 2.6
- He called the Region Headquarters of Taggart Transcontinental at Omaha, Nebraska, and begged to speak to the general manager of the region.†
Chpt 2.7
- There was a brief silence on the wire, then the voice of the Omaha operator told him that the general manager had resigned and vanished three days ago-"over a little trouble with Mr. Locey," the voice added.†
Chpt 2.7
- He asked to speak to the assistant general manager in charge of his particular district; but the assistant was out of town for the week end and could not be reached.†
Chpt 2.7
- The man who came on the wire was the assistant general manager of the Iowa-Minnesota District.†
Chpt 2.7
- Ryan had been the general manager of the railroad's Central Region.†
Chpt 2.8
- Want to be general manager of a region?†
Chpt 2.10
- But they went to their usual posts and went on with their habitual routine, pulling levers, pressing buttons, feeding leather into automatic cutters, piling boxes on a moving belt, wondering, as the hours went by, why they did not catch sight of the foreman, or the superintendent, or the general manager, or the company president.†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
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(general manager) the highest-ranking manager