He served on the board of amusement park operator Six Flags Entertainment Corp. from 2005 until this April, during which time the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. (In May, Six Flags announced it had emerged from Chapter 11.) Mr. Schar also helped raise funds for George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns.

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At one point four of America's six big airlines were in Chapter 11.

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Now, is it possible that this "highway" mentioned in Chapter 35 is actually Interstate 35 that runs through six U.S. states, from southern Texas to northern Minnesota?

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