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=''The ONANtiad'', cont.=<br />
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==Page 398==<br />
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==Page 399==<br />
<br />
'''LOVE CANAL'''<br /><br />
an area near Buffalo, N.Y., famous for its high amount of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal toxic waste] and the effects it had on the residents there<br />
<br />
'''EPA'''<br /><br />
Environmental Protection Agency<br />
<br />
'''Berlin, NH'''<br /><br />
a town in New Hampshire very close to the Canadian border<br />
<br />
'''Rumford, ME'''<br /><br />
Rumford is in Maine, less than 50 miles due east of Berlin, N.H.<br />
<br />
'''MONTPELIER'''<br /><br />
the capital of Vermont<br />
<br />
'''Lancaster NH'''<br /><br />
a city about twenty miles west of Berlin, N.H.<br />
<br />
'''INFARCTION'''<br /><br />
heart attack<br />
<br />
'''ANEURISM'''<br /><br />
a misspelling of "aneurysm," it's a bursting of a weak blood vessel, if in the brain, usually causing a stroke<br />
<br />
'''SALEM MA'''<br /><br />
a city 15 miles up the coast from Boston<br />
<br />
'''FROM SYRACUSE TO TICONDEROGA, NY'''<br /><br />
This line would go right through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_ParkAdirondack Park] in New York.<br />
<br />
'''FROM TICODEROGA, NY TO SALEM, MA'''<br /><br />
The lower corner of Vermont lies below this line.<br />
<br />
==Page 400==<br />
<br />
'''claque'''<br /><br />
a group of sycophants<br />
<br />
'''hale'''<br /><br />
healthy<br />
<br />
'''Kevlar'''<br /><br />
a synthetic substance used in, among other things, bulletproof vests<br />
<br />
==Page 401==<br />
<br />
'''aspersion'''<br /><br />
a disparaging remark<br />
<br />
==Page 402==<br />
<br />
'''Bôf'''<br /><br />
defined by the Cambridge Online French-English dictionary as an interjection "expressing a lack of interest or enthusiasm"<br />
<br />
'''maroon'''<br /><br />
i.e., a moron<br />
<br />
'''benighted'''<br /><br />
overtaken by darkness<br />
<br />
'''cojones'''<br /><br />
Spanish for "testicles"<br />
<br />
==Page 403==<br />
<br />
'''redemisement'''<br /><br />
see discussion of "redemised" at [[Pages_306-321#Page_319|page 319]]<br />
<br />
'''scenario'''<br /><br />
"Scenarios" is the correct plural.<br />
<br />
==Page 404==<br />
<br />
[[Image:Tyrolean.jpg|thumb|caption|Tyrolean Hat|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
'''Tyrolean hats'''<br /><br />
The Tyrolean hat, named after the region of Tyrol, is associated with the Austrian Alps. Tyrolean hats have a cord wrapped around the base of the crown and a feather or brush on the side as trim. For an example, see right. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrolean_hat Wikipedia]<br />
<br />
'''H.E.W.'''<br /><br />
Health, Education, and Welfare<br />
<br />
'''rife'''<br /><br />
abounding<br />
<br />
'''Eminent nondomain'''<br /><br />
"Eminent domain" is the right of the government to seize private property to serve a greater good. This would be the opposite.<br />
<br />
'''''bien sûr'''''<br /><br />
French: of course<br />
<br />
'''U.S.O.'''<br /><br />
United States Organizations, an organization dedicated to entertaining troops at war<br />
<br />
==Page 405==<br />
<br />
'''coup de grâce'''<br /><br />
French: death blow<br />
<br />
'''recalcitrant'''<br /><br />
hard to deal with or manage<br />
<br />
'''''¿Qué?'''<br /><br />
Spanish: What?<br />
<br />
'''Yukon'''<br /><br />
a territory of northwest Canada that borders Alaska's western border<br />
<br />
'''Brinksmanship'''<br /><br />
According to the ''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'', this is "the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, esp. by creating diplomatic crises."<br />
<br />
'''1/3-rpm'''<br /><br />
This is one-third of a revolution per minute. LPs go literally 100 times faster.<br />
<br />
''''Flight of the Bumblebee''''<br /><br />
an interlude in ''The Tale of Tsar Saltan'', an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)<br />
<br />
==Page 406==<br />
<br />
'''IMBROGLIO'''<br /><br />
a misunderstanding or disagreement between persons or nations<br />
<br />
'''SIN CITY'''<br /><br />
Las Vegas<br />
<br />
'''F.E.C.'''<br /><br />
Federal Elections Commission<br />
<br />
==Page 407==<br />
<br />
'''S.A.C.'''<br /><br />
Strategic Air Command<br />
<br />
'''BK'''<br /><br />
Burger King<br />
<br />
'''catastatic'''<br /><br />
of or pertaining to the climax of a play, movie, etc<br />
<br />
'''radon'''<br /><br />
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon chemical element] that contaminates homes in gaseous form<br />
<br />
==Page 408==<br />
<br />
'''Maddox OH'''<br /><br />
doesn't appear to be a real place<br />
<br />
'''Hartford'''<br /><br />
the capital of Connecticut<br />
<br />
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'''Elmer's'''<br /><br />
a brand of glue<br />
<br />
==Endnote 158==<br />
'''renumeration'''<br /><br />
<br />
word should be remuneration<br />
<br />
==Endnote 159==<br />
<br />
'''Durban'''<br /><br />
the second most populous city in S. Africa, on the country's southeast coast<br />
<br />
==Page 409 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''Clipperton ''même'''''<br /><br />
French: Clipperton himself<br />
<br />
==Page 410==<br />
<br />
'''transverse aberration'''<br /><br />
this is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberration_of_light aberration of light] across a field<br />
<br />
'''Sunkist'''<br /><br />
a brand of fruit and fruit drinks<br />
<br />
=Hal's History of Television Before Subsidized Time=<br />
<br />
==Page 410==<br />
<br />
'''incipient'''<br /><br />
beginning to develop<br />
<br />
==Page 411==<br />
<br />
'''Szechuan'''<br /><br />
alternate spelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szechuan Sichuan]<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Y.P.W.]]<br />
<br />
'''Sherman statutes'''<br /><br />
a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act anti-trust act] introduced by Sen. John Sherman of Ohio (1823-1900)<br />
<br />
'''TCI'''<br /><br />
Tele-Communications, Inc. (now defunct)<br />
<br />
'''Malone'''<br /><br />
John C. Malone (born 1941), now CEO of Liberty Media<br />
<br />
'''TBS'''<br /><br />
Turner Broadcasting System, founded by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born 1938)<br />
<br />
'''CBC'''<br /><br />
Canadian Broadcasting Centre<br />
<br />
==Page 412==<br />
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'''American Council of Disseminators of Cable'''<br /><br />
Look at the first letters of the capitalized words.<br />
<br />
'''HDTV'''<br /><br />
High-Definition Television<br />
<br />
==Page 413==<br />
<br />
'''liposuction'''<br /><br />
a surgical procedure whereby fat is literally sucked out of the body<br />
<br />
'''P.T.A.s'''<br /><br />
Parent-Teacher Associations<br />
<br />
'''PACs'''<br /><br />
Political Action Committees<br />
<br />
'''REM'''<br /><br />
Rapid Eye Movement<br />
<br />
'''kabal'''<br /><br />
an alternate spelling of "cabal," meaning a small group of secret plotters<br />
<br />
'''b&w'''<br /><br />
black and white<br />
<br />
==Page 414==<br />
<br />
'''avuncular'''<br /><br />
suggestive of an uncle<br />
<br />
'''Preparation H'''<br /><br />
a brand-name ointment for hemorrhoids<br />
<br />
'''Überad'''<br /><br />
a super advertisement, using the German ''über'' ("super") as a prefix<br />
<br />
'''MLB'''<br /><br />
Major League Baseball<br />
<br />
==Page 415==<br />
<br />
'''Ch. 11 protection'''<br /><br />
Chapter 11, a section of the bankruptcy code under which one could file for protection from creditors<br />
<br />
'''Dow turned Grizzly'''<br /><br />
i.e., a bear (downward-moving) market environment began<br />
<br />
''''Happy Days''''<br /><br />
a once-successful [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070992/ television series] on ABC<br />
<br />
'''penultimate'''<br /><br />
second-to-last<br />
<br />
'''half-gainer'''<br /><br />
a type of dive<br />
<br />
==Page 416==<br />
<br />
'''ken'''<br /><br />
understanding<br />
<br />
'''vox- and digitus-populi'''<br /><br />
''Vox populi'' means "voice of the people" in Latin. ''Digitus populi'' would be "finger of the people."<br />
<br />
==Page 417==<br />
<br />
'''CPU'''<br /><br />
Central Processing Unit<br />
<br />
'''tentacularly'''<br /><br />
as with tentacles<br />
<br />
'''GTE'''<br /><br />
General Telephone and Electronics<br />
<br />
'''Hobbesianly'''<br /><br />
in a way suggesting that people are very much in a state of nature, i.e., without rules or laws<br />
<br />
'''!'''<br /><br />
Used in the 2 times the square root of area formula, the exclamation point denotes a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial factorial]<br />
<br />
'''mimetic'''<br /><br />
used here, meaning as close to reality as possible<br />
<br />
'''equatorial'''<br /><br />
lying on the Equator<br />
<br />
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'''mycological'''<br /><br />
regarding the study of mushrooms<br />
<br />
'''ennui'''<br /><br />
boredom<br />
<br />
==Endnote 168==<br />
<br />
'''Wagnerian'''<br /><br />
in the style or manner of Richard Wagner, the German operatic composer<br />
<br />
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=''The ONANtiad'', cont.=<br />
<br />
==Page 398==<br />
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==Page 399==<br />
<br />
'''LOVE CANAL'''<br /><br />
an area near Buffalo, N.Y., famous for its high amount of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal toxic waste] and the effects it had on the residents there<br />
<br />
'''EPA'''<br /><br />
Environmental Protection Agency<br />
<br />
'''Berlin, NH'''<br /><br />
a town in New Hampshire very close to the Canadian border<br />
<br />
'''Rumford, ME'''<br /><br />
Rumford is in Maine, less than 50 miles due east of Berlin, N.H.<br />
<br />
'''MONTPELIER'''<br /><br />
the capital of Vermont<br />
<br />
'''Lancaster NH'''<br /><br />
a city about twenty miles west of Berlin, N.H.<br />
<br />
'''INFARCTION'''<br /><br />
heart attack<br />
<br />
'''ANEURISM'''<br /><br />
a misspelling of "aneurysm," it's a bursting of a weak blood vessel, if in the brain, usually causing a stroke<br />
<br />
'''SALEM MA'''<br /><br />
a city 15 miles up the coast from Boston<br />
<br />
'''FROM SYRACUSE TO TICONDEROGA, NY'''<br /><br />
This line would go right through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_ParkAdirondack Park] in New York.<br />
<br />
'''FROM TICODEROGA, NY TO SALEM, MA'''<br /><br />
The lower corner of Vermont lies below this line.<br />
<br />
==Page 400==<br />
<br />
'''claque'''<br /><br />
a group of sycophants<br />
<br />
'''hale'''<br /><br />
healthy<br />
<br />
'''Kevlar'''<br /><br />
a synthetic substance used in, among other things, bulletproof vests<br />
<br />
==Page 401==<br />
<br />
'''aspersion'''<br /><br />
a disparaging remark<br />
<br />
==Page 402==<br />
<br />
'''Bôf'''<br /><br />
defined by the Cambridge Online French-English dictionary as an interjection "expressing a lack of interest or enthusiasm"<br />
<br />
'''maroon'''<br /><br />
i.e., a moron<br />
<br />
'''benighted'''<br /><br />
overtaken by darkness<br />
<br />
'''cojones'''<br /><br />
Spanish for "testicles"<br />
<br />
==Page 403==<br />
<br />
'''redemisement'''<br /><br />
see discussion of "redemised" at [[Pages_306-321#Page_319|page 319]]<br />
<br />
'''scenario'''<br /><br />
"Scenarios" is the correct plural.<br />
<br />
==Page 404==<br />
<br />
[[Image:Tyrolean.jpg|thumb|caption|Tyrolean Hat|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
'''Tyrolean hats'''<br /><br />
The Tyrolean hat, named after the region of Tyrol, is associated with the Austrian Alps. Tyrolean hats have a cord wrapped around the base of the crown and a feather or brush on the side as trim. For an example, see right. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrolean_hat Wikipedia]<br />
<br />
'''H.E.W.'''<br /><br />
Health, Education, and Welfare<br />
<br />
'''rife'''<br /><br />
abounding<br />
<br />
'''Eminent nondomain'''<br /><br />
"Eminent domain" is the right of the government to seize private property to serve a greater good. This would be the opposite.<br />
<br />
'''''bien sûr'''''<br /><br />
French: of course<br />
<br />
'''U.S.O.'''<br /><br />
United States Organizations, an organization dedicated to entertaining troops at war<br />
<br />
==Page 405==<br />
<br />
'''coup de grâce'''<br /><br />
French: death blow<br />
<br />
'''recalcitrant'''<br /><br />
hard to deal with or manage<br />
<br />
'''''¿Qué?'''<br /><br />
Spanish: What?<br />
<br />
'''Yukon'''<br /><br />
a territory of northwest Canada that borders Alaska's western border<br />
<br />
'''Brinksmanship'''<br /><br />
According to the ''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'', this is "the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, esp. by creating diplomatic crises."<br />
<br />
'''1/3-rpm'''<br /><br />
This is one-third of a revolution per minute. LPs go literally 100 times faster.<br />
<br />
''''Flight of the Bumblebee''''<br /><br />
an interlude in ''The Tale of Tsar Saltan'', an opera by Russian composer Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)<br />
<br />
==Page 406==<br />
<br />
'''IMBROGLIO'''<br /><br />
a misunderstanding or disagreement between persons or nations<br />
<br />
'''SIN CITY'''<br /><br />
Las Vegas<br />
<br />
'''F.E.C.'''<br /><br />
Federal Elections Commission<br />
<br />
==Page 407==<br />
<br />
'''S.A.C.'''<br /><br />
Strategic Air Command<br />
<br />
'''BK'''<br /><br />
Burger King<br />
<br />
'''catastatic'''<br /><br />
of or pertaining to the climax of a play, movie, etc<br />
<br />
'''radon'''<br /><br />
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon chemical element] that contaminates homes in gaseous form<br />
<br />
==Page 408==<br />
<br />
'''Maddox OH'''<br /><br />
doesn't appear to be a real place<br />
<br />
'''Hartford'''<br /><br />
the capital of Connecticut<br />
<br />
==Page 409==<br />
<br />
'''Elmer's'''<br /><br />
a brand of glue<br />
<br />
'''(Clipperton ''même'')'''<br /><br />
Clipperton, personified<br />
<br />
==Endnote 158==<br />
'''renumeration'''<br /><br />
<br />
word should be remuneration<br />
<br />
==Endnote 159==<br />
<br />
'''Durban'''<br /><br />
the second most populous city in S. Africa, on the country's southeast coast<br />
<br />
==Page 409 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''Clipperton ''même'''''<br /><br />
French: Clipperton himself<br />
<br />
==Page 410==<br />
<br />
'''transverse aberration'''<br /><br />
this is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberration_of_light aberration of light] across a field<br />
<br />
'''Sunkist'''<br /><br />
a brand of fruit and fruit drinks<br />
<br />
=Hal's History of Television Before Subsidized Time=<br />
<br />
==Page 410==<br />
<br />
'''incipient'''<br /><br />
beginning to develop<br />
<br />
==Page 411==<br />
<br />
'''Szechuan'''<br /><br />
alternate spelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szechuan Sichuan]<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Y.P.W.]]<br />
<br />
'''Sherman statutes'''<br /><br />
a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act anti-trust act] introduced by Sen. John Sherman of Ohio (1823-1900)<br />
<br />
'''TCI'''<br /><br />
Tele-Communications, Inc. (now defunct)<br />
<br />
'''Malone'''<br /><br />
John C. Malone (born 1941), now CEO of Liberty Media<br />
<br />
'''TBS'''<br /><br />
Turner Broadcasting System, founded by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born 1938)<br />
<br />
'''CBC'''<br /><br />
Canadian Broadcasting Centre<br />
<br />
==Page 412==<br />
<br />
'''American Council of Disseminators of Cable'''<br /><br />
Look at the first letters of the capitalized words.<br />
<br />
'''HDTV'''<br /><br />
High-Definition Television<br />
<br />
==Page 413==<br />
<br />
'''liposuction'''<br /><br />
a surgical procedure whereby fat is literally sucked out of the body<br />
<br />
'''P.T.A.s'''<br /><br />
Parent-Teacher Associations<br />
<br />
'''PACs'''<br /><br />
Political Action Committees<br />
<br />
'''REM'''<br /><br />
Rapid Eye Movement<br />
<br />
'''kabal'''<br /><br />
an alternate spelling of "cabal," meaning a small group of secret plotters<br />
<br />
'''b&w'''<br /><br />
black and white<br />
<br />
==Page 414==<br />
<br />
'''avuncular'''<br /><br />
suggestive of an uncle<br />
<br />
'''Preparation H'''<br /><br />
a brand-name ointment for hemorrhoids<br />
<br />
'''Überad'''<br /><br />
a super advertisement, using the German ''über'' ("super") as a prefix<br />
<br />
'''MLB'''<br /><br />
Major League Baseball<br />
<br />
==Page 415==<br />
<br />
'''Ch. 11 protection'''<br /><br />
Chapter 11, a section of the bankruptcy code under which one could file for protection from creditors<br />
<br />
'''Dow turned Grizzly'''<br /><br />
i.e., a bear (downward-moving) market environment began<br />
<br />
''''Happy Days''''<br /><br />
a once-successful [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070992/ television series] on ABC<br />
<br />
'''penultimate'''<br /><br />
second-to-last<br />
<br />
'''half-gainer'''<br /><br />
a type of dive<br />
<br />
==Page 416==<br />
<br />
'''ken'''<br /><br />
understanding<br />
<br />
'''vox- and digitus-populi'''<br /><br />
''Vox populi'' means "voice of the people" in Latin. ''Digitus populi'' would be "finger of the people."<br />
<br />
==Page 417==<br />
<br />
'''CPU'''<br /><br />
Central Processing Unit<br />
<br />
'''tentacularly'''<br /><br />
as with tentacles<br />
<br />
'''GTE'''<br /><br />
General Telephone and Electronics<br />
<br />
'''Hobbesianly'''<br /><br />
in a way suggesting that people are very much in a state of nature, i.e., without rules or laws<br />
<br />
'''!'''<br /><br />
Used in the 2 times the square root of area formula, the exclamation point denotes a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial factorial]<br />
<br />
'''mimetic'''<br /><br />
used here, meaning as close to reality as possible<br />
<br />
'''equatorial'''<br /><br />
lying on the Equator<br />
<br />
==Page 418==<br />
<br />
'''mycological'''<br /><br />
regarding the study of mushrooms<br />
<br />
'''ennui'''<br /><br />
boredom<br />
<br />
==Endnote 168==<br />
<br />
'''Wagnerian'''<br /><br />
in the style or manner of Richard Wagner, the German operatic composer<br />
<br />
<br />
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