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# Atlas Shrugged/Section151

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- Plot summary

The government of Mexico suddenly nationalizes the San Sebastian Mines thinking they would be a great new source of revenue for the state, only to discover that the mines were completely worthless. Furthermore, there was never any chance of mining copper there, so Francisco d'Anconia must have known all along the project was doomed to failure. Eddie Willers shows the news report to Dagny Taggart, who tries to figure out how this could be, and finally tells Eddie to get her an appointment with "the bastard". Eddie warns about meeting him in a way that indicates the emotional significance seeing Francisco will hold for Dagny.

- Setting

Dagny's office at Taggart Transcontinental.

- Characters

     Dagny Taggart
     Eddie Willers
     Francisco d'Anconia - Mentioned.

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