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the highest ranking manager
- Who was the general manager of tie factory?1.10 Part 1 Chapter 10 — Wyatt's Torch (64% in)
- 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?1.7 Part 1 Chapter 7 — The Exploiters and the Exploited (79% in)
- 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.2.6 Part 2 Chapter 6 — Miracle Metal (53% in)
- He called the Region Headquarters of Taggart Transcontinental at Omaha, Nebraska, and begged to speak to the general manager of the region.2.7 Part 2 Chapter 7 — The Moratorium on Brains (69% in)
- 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.2.7 Part 2 Chapter 7 — The Moratorium on Brains (69% in)
- 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.2.7 Part 2 Chapter 7 — The Moratorium on Brains (69% in)
- The man who came on the wire was the assistant general manager of the Iowa-Minnesota District.2.7 Part 2 Chapter 7 — The Moratorium on Brains (70% in)
- Ryan had been the general manager of the railroad's Central Region.2.8 Part 2 Chapter 8 — By Our Love (80% in)
- Want to be general manager of a region?2.10 Part 2 Chapter 10 — The Sign of the Dollar (62% in)
- 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.3.8 Part 3 Chapter 8 — The Egoist (17% in)
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