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'''Airmont, Bruno''' 
3, local multimillionaire, known throughout the dairy industry as the Al Capone of Cheese; Radio-Cheez, "the basis of Bruno Airmont's fortune," 83; "too high up for personal comfort," 87; meets Al Capone, 87; "Big Al of Cheese himself in exile," 127;

'''Airmont, Daphne''' 
3, daughter of Bruno Airmont, with whom Hicks “has a history”; "the cheese heiress ticket again," 77; "the clarinet player," 80; the boat ride with Hicks, 80; "stuck with a stag line of know-nothings," 85; "li'l Daffodil," 90; 95, introduced to Hicks at the bar at the Keno salon in No Man's Land; 95, "a natural redhead, captivating set of pins," 95; "Madcap Subdeb Cheese Heiress," 95; "underage baby vamp," 96; 98, dropped off and left by Hicks at Ojibwe reservation; "Racine [...] Known for beer, bowling, and Daphne Airmont. Oops—" 127; "She's off on that midnight liner for overseas," 127;

'''Airmont, Vivacia''' 
90, wife of Bruno, and mother of Daphne;

'''Alcatraz Island''' 
74, in the San Francisco Bay in California; Alcatraz in the 1930s marks the very beginning of its mythic status as "The Rock," America’s most infamous maximum-security prison. In 1934, the island was converted into a federal prison, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island Wikipedia]

'''Amos 'n' Andy''' 
103;

'''Arlene's Orchard Lounge''' 
16, where April Randazzo sings

'''Aunt Peony (aka Peony Flaschner)''' 
28, Hicks' maternal aunt, married to Uncle Lefty; her Surprise Casserole)

'''Austro-Hungarian submarine''' 
"an outward and visible expression of paths not taken, personal and historical," 71; historical details, 72; "Officially there never even was a U-13, skips directly from 12 to 14," 72; also cf submarines in GR (U-boat hijacked by Argentine exiles), in AtD (the Squalaccio, an Italian submarine operated by Pino and Rocco), and in V (also an 'Eye-talian submarine').

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