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Badger All-Risk Fiduciary
11, Badger is a long-standing producer of fire extinguishers, primarily of the soda-acid and copper-and-brass varieties. "All-risk" is a type of insurance policy covering a broad range of events, a product which would not likely be offered by a fire extinguisher company.
Basie, "Count" (1904-1984)
26, Count Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1929, the 25-year-old Basie became the pianist with the Bennie Moten band based in Kansas City. Wikipedia
Basnight, Lew
42, Thessalie refers Hicks to him for “insurance.” In Against the Day (2006), Pynchon’s sixth novel, Lew Basnight is a “spotter” for White City Investigations in Chicago. Read more…
