Elroy
Americannoun
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For the uninitiated—or forgetful—this space-age family sitcom features George and Jane Jetson, living the American dream in an apartment in the sky with their two children, Judy and Elroy, dog Astro and robot maid, Rosey.
To get to and from his classroom, Elroy jets through a series of air tubes called the “school homing network.”
In a classic episode, Elroy goes to an asteroid on a school field trip.
She’s got main-character energy throughout the series, as a football thrower for Elroy, a homework helper for Judy and a dinner sous-chef for Jane.
The four great bear markets of the past century—the Great Depression, the 1973-74 oil embargo, the dot-com crash and the 2007-09 financial crisis—were much worse for global stocks than either of the world wars, academics Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton point out in a long-term study for UBS.
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