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# Record Name Group  Category Subcategory BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU 1 Atlantic Southern BBB Companies Communications Companies Atlantic Southern 2 D'Anconia Copper BBB Companies Companies-misc D'Anconia Copper The largest copper mining company in the world, created by Sebastian d'Anconia. 3 Patrick Henry University BBB Education Universities Patrick Henry University The most distinguished institution of learning left in the world. 4 Phoenix-Durango BBB Travel Trains Phoenix-Durango Old, small railroad located in the Southwest run by Dan Conway. 5 Rearden Coal BBB Companies Mining Rearden Coal Coal mining company owned by Henry Rearden. 6 Rearden Limestone BBB Companies Companies-misc Rearden Limestone Business founded by Hank Rearden prior to the founding of Rearden Steel. 7 Rearden Ore BBB Companies Companies-misc Rearden Ore First business founded by Hank Rearden. 8 Rearden Steel BBB Companies Mining Rearden Steel Company founded by Hank Rearden about ten years prior to the start of the story in the novel. Rearden bought an abandoned steel mill in Philadelphia at a time when all the experts thought that such a venture would be hopeless. He turned it into the most reliable and profitable steel company in the country. 9 Taggart Transcontinental BBB Companies Companies-misc Taggart Transcontinental FICTITIOUS TIMELINE 10 September 2 Dates No Year Events September 2 Several events in Atlas Shrugged take place on September 2: In the opening scene of the novel, Eddie Willers walks through NYC beneath a gigantic calendar hanging from a public tower that announces the date as September 2. Hank Rearden and Dagny Taggart decide to take a vacation together on September 2, during which they discover an abandoned motor that should have revolutionized the use of energy in the world. Francisco D'Anconia makes his speech on money on September 2, proclaiming money to be the tool of free trade and the result of noble effort, not the root of evil. Those who call money evil choose to replace its use with the force of the gun. D'Anconia Copper is nationalized on September 2, but the date on the calendar is replaced by "Brother, you asked for it!"

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