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=November 11th, YDAU - Gately and Joelle=<br />
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==Page 531==<br />
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'''boilermakers'''<br /><br />
shots of whiskey chased with beer<br />
<br />
'''keep'''<br /><br />
i.e., the barkeep<br />
<br />
==Page 532==<br />
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'''Cumberland'''<br /><br />
This must refer to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_River Cumberland River], which flows into the Ohio near Paducah, in the western part of Kentucky, close to Joelle's home town of Shiny Prize (see page 237).<br />
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'''O.D.'''<br /><br />
overdose<br />
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==Page 533==<br />
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'''metronome'''<br /><br />
a time-keeping device for musicians, typically a pendulum-like machine that clicks to provide meter<br />
<br />
'''caparison'''<br /><br />
rich and sumptuous clothing or equipment<br />
<br />
==Page 534==<br />
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'''a Type and a Symbol'''<br /><br />
These words are used by Mr. Hooper to describe the veil he wears in Nathaniel Hawthorne's story, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Minister's_Black_Veil "The Minister's Black Veil."]<br />
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==Page 535==<br />
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'''gregarious'''<br /><br />
sociable<br />
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==Page 536==<br />
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==Page 537==<br />
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==Page 538==<br />
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'''slavering'''<br /><br />
drooling<br />
<br />
=☽ - Randy Lenz: Rats, Cats, and Dogs=<br />
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==Page 538==<br />
<br />
'''Duster'''<br /><br />
the Plymouth Duster was a sporty compact available from 1970 to 1976<br />
<br />
'''12-gauge blast'''<br /><br />
as from as 12-gauge shotgun<br />
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==Page 539==<br />
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'''loafer one'''<br /><br />
presumably first step of the day, meaning Lenz never leaves Ennet House until after sunset<br />
<br />
'''E.M.I.T.'''<br /><br />
enzyme-multiplied immunoassay technique<br />
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==Page 540==<br />
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==Endnote 224==<br />
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'''EZC'''<br /><br />
i.e., "easy see"<br />
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'''NAL'''<br /><br />
New American Library<br />
<br />
'''Ticknor, Fields'''<br /><br />
Ticknor and Fields was a publishing house eventually bought by Houghton Mifflin in 1880.<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Y.T.M.P.]]<br />
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==Page 540 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''W-E'''<br /><br />
west-east<br />
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'''Stegosaurus'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus dinosaur]<br />
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==Page 541==<br />
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'''verminal'''<br /><br />
tending to breed vermin<br />
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'''cabbaging'''<br /><br />
stealing<br />
<br />
'''brisance'''<br /><br />
the shattering effect of an explosive<br />
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==Page 542==<br />
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'''panoply'''<br /><br />
a wide-ranging array of things<br />
<br />
'''A Program of Attraction'''<br /><br />
AA refers to itself as this, meaning that it doesn't need to advertise.<br />
<br />
'''EST and Greenwich Mean'''<br /><br />
Eastern Standard Time and Greenwich Mean Time, the latter of which is determined at the Prime Meridian, or 0º longitude<br />
<br />
'''reseau'''<br /><br />
a reference grid of fine lines forming uniform squares on a photographic plate or print, used to aid in measurement<br />
<br />
'''DOW'''<br /><br />
probably the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average Dow Jones Industrial Average]<br />
<br />
'''NIKEI'''<br /><br />
a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei_225 Nikkei 225] index of the Japanese stock market<br />
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==Page 543==<br />
'''Eurotrochaic'''<br /><br />
neologism: Euro[pean] + trochaic; here, describing the alternating two-note sound of a European emergency siren (trochaic being the adjectival form of "trochee," a metrical foot of poetry comprised of two feet, stressed and unstressed)<br />
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'''winsome'''<br /><br />
charming<br />
<br />
'''diverticulitis'''<br /><br />
inflammation of the pouches of the colon<br />
<br />
'''gone rye'''<br /><br />
i.e., gone awry<br />
<br />
'''Principles of Psychology and the Gifford Lectures on Natural Philosophy'''<br /><br />
"[http://www.giffordlectures.org/Author.asp?AuthorID=88 William James’s Gifford Lectures] of 1901–1902 have been heralded by some as the greatest lectures ever to be presented in the series and perhaps the most seminal of his works (alongside The Principles of Psychology). Published initially in 1902, [http://www.csp.org/experience/james-varieties/james-varieties.html The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature] has stood the test of time and been republished thirty-six times."<br />
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'''20-gram'''<br /><br />
About .70 ounces, this is a lot of cocaine.<br />
<br />
'''bonerfied'''<br /><br />
bona fide<br />
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==Page 544==<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Maytag Quietmaster]]<br />
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'''ten-kilo'''<br /><br />
about 22 lbs<br />
<br />
'''Caldor-brand'''<br /><br />
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldor chain] of discount department stores in the US Northeast. The chain closed its last store in 1999.<br />
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'''Scopophobic'''<br /><br />
Of scopophobia; the fear of being seen or stared at.<br />
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==Page 545==<br />
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'''phosphenes'''<br /><br />
light sensations in the eyes when light is physically absent<br />
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'''apnea'''<br /><br />
the tendency of mainly overweight people to stop breathing intermittently in their sleep<br />
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==Page 546==<br />
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'''R. Lauren'''<br /><br />
Ralph Lauren<br />
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'''BYP'''<br /><br />
Brookline Young People's AA group<br />
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==Page 547==<br />
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'''tattlemount'''<br /><br />
tantamount<br />
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==Page 548==<br />
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=Early November, YDAU - Rodney Tine and the ''Samizdat''=<br />
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==Page 548==<br />
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'''District'''<br /><br />
the District of Columbia<br />
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==Endnote 228==<br />
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'''O.N.R.'''<br /><br />
perhaps the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Research Office of Naval Research]<br />
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'''ambit'''<br /><br />
sphere of operation or influence<br />
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==Page 548 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''twidgelling'''<br /><br />
not a real word<br />
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'''NCA'''<br /><br />
probably Northern California<br />
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'''Code-Five'''<br /><br />
code for "stakeout in progress"<br />
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'''New Iberia LA'''<br /><br />
a city about 50 miles southwest of Baton Rouge<br />
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'''pithed'''<br /><br />
having had a needle stuck into the base of the skull<br />
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==Page 549==<br />
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'''U.S.O.'''<br /><br />
Undercover Special Operations<br />
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'''P.E.T.s'''<br /><br />
P.E.T. is the acronym for positron emission tomography, a kind of medical imaging technique; these are more commonly called PET scans<br />
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=November 9th, YDAU - Pemulis wanders the E.T.A. offices at night=<br />
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==Page 550==<br />
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'''cathexis'''<br /><br />
defined as the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea<br />
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==Page 551==<br />
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'''exhortation'''<br /><br />
a speech or discourse that encourages, incites, or earnestly advises<br />
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'''greeble'''<br /><br />
a small piece of detailing added to break up the surface of an object to add visual interest<br />
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==Page 552==<br />
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'''Filene's'''<br /><br />
a Boston-based [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filene%27s department store] (and chain), defunct since December 2011<br />
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'''Hal's Mumsly-Wumsly'''<br /><br />
his mother, Avril Incandenza<br />
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==Page 553==<br />
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'''worsted'''<br /><br />
firmly twisted yarn<br />
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=November 11th, YDAU - Lenz and Green Walking=<br />
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==Page 554==<br />
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'''RIJID-brand male hairspray'''<br /><br />
appears to be a fictional brand of hairspray<br />
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==Page 555==<br />
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'''stepped on'''<br /><br />
cut, as in weakened the potency of a drug by adding another substance<br />
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'''half-kilo'''<br /><br />
about 1.1 pounds<br />
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==Endnote 231==<br />
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'''Manitol'''<br /><br />
a misspelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannitol mannitol]<br />
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==Page 555 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''lineskers'''<br /><br />
lines of powdered cocaine assembled for sniffing<br />
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'''"...go find a short pier..."'''<br /><br />
and take a long walk, being the implication<br />
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'''aqua-line nose'''<br /><br />
an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooknose aquiline nose]<br />
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==Page 556==<br />
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'''anileated'''<br /><br />
annihilated<br />
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'''hemispasm'''<br /><br />
spasm on half of the face<br />
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'''insousistent'''<br /><br />
insouciant<br />
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'''skirling'''<br /><br />
shrilly wailing<br />
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'''to the maximus'''<br /><br />
maybe just "the maximum" (or "the max"), but also perhaps more Wallace wordplay, as in the ''gluteus maximus'' (the largest of the muscles in the buttocks), and so a pain in the ass<br />
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'''parallaxing'''<br /><br />
The noun [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax ''parallax''] is a visual term; the nonce participle "parallaxing" used to describe noises here, may be Lenz's way of referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect Doppler effect], analogous only in terms of issues of positional perspective, of the ''viewer'' of an object at some distance in the case of ''parallex'' and the ''hearer'' of a moving noisemaker (such as the siren on a speeding ambulance) in the case of the ''Doppler shift''.<br />
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'''crucifi'''<br /><br />
Probably Lenz means "crucifixes."<br />
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'''threnody'''<br /><br />
song of mourning for the dead<br />
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==Page 557==<br />
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'''To Project and to Swerve'''<br /><br />
a pun on the police motto "To Protect and Serve"<br />
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'''hoovered'''<br /><br />
inhaled<br />
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==Endnote 232==<br />
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'''benzoylecgonine'''<br /><br />
the major metabolite of cocaine<br />
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'''ecgonine'''<br /><br />
an organic chemical found naturally in coca leaves<br />
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'''nystagmus'''<br /><br />
a rapid, involuntary, oscillatory motion of the eyeball<br />
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'''benzoic acid'''<br /><br />
the simplest of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxylic_acid caroxylic acids]<br />
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'''spider angiomas'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_angioma benign tumor]<br />
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'''rhinorrhagia'''<br /><br />
bleeding from the nose<br />
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'''M.A.O.-inhibiting'''<br /><br />
monoamine oxidase inhibitor, a chemical in potent antidepressants.<br />
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'''blepharospecticity'''<br /><br />
This means something like "seeing through one's eyelids"<br />
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'''ballism'''<br /><br />
another name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballism hemiballismus]<br />
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'''oral labia'''<br /><br />
the lips of the mouth<br />
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'''priapism'''<br /><br />
persistent, usually painful erection of the penis, especially as a consequence of disease and not related to sexual arousal<br />
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'''Paliacci'''<br /><br />
a misspelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagliacci Pagliacci] (''Clowns''), an opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), an Italian composer<br />
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'''diuresis extremus'''<br /><br />
Extreme production of urine and, thus, need to urinate. The correct Greek-Latin term should be ''diuresis extrema'', ''diuresis'' being a feminine noun.<br />
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'''phobophobia'''<br /><br />
fear of fear<br />
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'''sociosis'''<br /><br />
a neurosis that has to do with one's ability to deal with society<br />
<br />
'''acne rosea'''<br /><br />
also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosacea rosacea]<br />
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'''rhinophyma'''<br /><br />
a red nose caused by amassing of granulomas there<br />
<br />
'''synergism'''<br /><br />
the property of things working together<br />
<br />
'''confabulation'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confabulation formation of false memories]<br />
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'''phasece'''<br /><br />
?<br />
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'''lingual tendinitis'''<br /><br />
inflammation of the muscles of the tongue<br />
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==Page 557 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''sangfroid'''<br /><br />
coolness of the blood (from French)<br />
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'''fob'''<br /><br />
an ornament attached to a pocket watch by a chain<br />
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'''chamois'''<br /><br />
Pronounced "shammy," this is a cloth or piece of leather used to shine a surface.<br />
<br />
'''''Track and Flange'''''<br /><br />
not a real magazine<br />
<br />
'''flange'''<br /><br />
a protruding rim, edge, rib, or collar, as on a wheel or a pipe shaft, used to strengthen an object, hold it in place, or attach it to another object<br />
<br />
'''ergo'''<br /><br />
Latin: therefore<br />
<br />
'''''energois de vivre'''''<br /><br />
Something like "life energy" or "life force;" although ''energois'' isn't a real French word, it might be pronounced like ''joie'' as in ''joie de vivre.''<br />
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==Page 558==<br />
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'''Estuarial crocodile'''<br /><br />
the [http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Estuarine+crocodile estuarine (saltwater) crocodile]<br />
<br />
'''Bonwit's'''<br /><br />
a reference to the now-defunct upscale department store [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonwit_Teller Bonwit Teller]<br />
<br />
'''A.D.A.'''<br /><br />
American Dental Association<br />
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'''akido'''<br /><br />
Lenz means [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido aikido].<br />
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'''valise'''<br /><br />
a small piece of luggage<br />
<br />
'''recurving'''<br /><br />
i.e., recurring<br />
<br />
'''t'ai-chi'''<br /><br />
alternate spelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiji Taiji]<br />
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==Page 559==<br />
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'''mescal'''<br /><br />
an alcoholic beverage distilled from a cactus<br />
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'''cableyarrow'''<br /><br />
''Caballero'' (Spanish for "gentleman") is what he means.<br />
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'''''in vitro'''''<br /><br />
Latin for "in glass," this term is used to refer to experiments that happen in test tubes. Lenz means ''in vivo'', i.e., ''in utero''.<br />
<br />
=Hal Counts His Breaths=<br />
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==Page 560==<br />
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'''photosynthesizing'''<br /><br />
turning light into energy, as plants do<br />
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'''Baobab tree'''<br /><br />
a [http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/baobab.htm tree] native to Africa and India<br />
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'''pride'''<br /><br />
family of lions<br />
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=Lenz and Green, cont.=<br />
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==Page 560==<br />
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'''septum'''<br /><br />
the cartilage separating the nostrils<br />
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'''reguiles'''<br /><br />
i.e., regales (and simultaneously beguiles)<br />
<br />
'''Shrangi-la'''<br /><br />
Lenz means Shangri-La, the utopia of the novel ''Lost Horizon'' by James Hilton (1900-1954), a British author.<br />
<br />
'''kamasupra'''<br /><br />
Lenz is referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra Kama Sutra].<br />
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==Page 561==<br />
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'''Fall River'''<br /><br />
a city in Massachusetts about 50 miles south of Boston<br />
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'''poofta'''<br /><br />
i.e., a poofter, a vulgar term for a male homosexual<br />
<br />
'''intrepid'''<br /><br />
fearless<br />
<br />
'''fauna'''<br /><br />
wildlife<br />
<br />
'''Shawshine River'''<br /><br />
also known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawsheen_River Shawsheen]<br />
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'''ravacious'''<br /><br />
This would seem to be a cross between "ravenous" and "rapacious."<br />
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==Page 562==<br />
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'''scat-piles'''<br /><br />
piles of feces<br />
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'''feti'''<br /><br />
plural of fetus<br />
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'''yrstruly'''<br /><br />
yours truly<br />
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'''propitiating'''<br /><br />
appeasing<br />
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'''diem'''<br /><br />
Latin: day<br />
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=November 11th, YDAU - Gately and Joelle=<br />
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==Page 531==<br />
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'''boilermakers'''<br /><br />
shots of whiskey chased with beer<br />
<br />
'''keep'''<br /><br />
i.e., the barkeep<br />
<br />
==Page 532==<br />
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'''Cumberland'''<br /><br />
This must refer to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_River Cumberland River], which flows into the Ohio near Paducah, in the western part of Kentucky, close to Joelle's home town of Shiny Prize (see page 237).<br />
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'''O.D.'''<br /><br />
overdose<br />
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==Page 533==<br />
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'''metronome'''<br /><br />
a time-keeping device for musicians, typically a pendulum-like machine that clicks to provide meter<br />
<br />
'''caparison'''<br /><br />
rich and sumptuous clothing or equipment<br />
<br />
==Page 534==<br />
<br />
'''a Type and a Symbol'''<br /><br />
These words are used by Mr. Hooper to describe the veil he wears in Nathaniel Hawthorne's story, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Minister's_Black_Veil "The Minister's Black Veil."]<br />
<br />
==Page 535==<br />
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'''gregarious'''<br /><br />
sociable<br />
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==Page 536==<br />
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==Page 537==<br />
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==Page 538==<br />
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'''slavering'''<br /><br />
drooling<br />
<br />
=☽ - Randy Lenz: Rats, Cats, and Dogs=<br />
<br />
==Page 538==<br />
<br />
'''Duster'''<br /><br />
the Plymouth Duster was a sporty compact available from 1970 to 1976<br />
<br />
'''12-gauge blast'''<br /><br />
as from as 12-gauge shotgun<br />
<br />
==Page 539==<br />
<br />
'''loafer one'''<br /><br />
presumably first step of the day, meaning Lenz never leaves Ennet House until after sunset<br />
<br />
'''E.M.I.T.'''<br /><br />
enzyme-multiplied immunoassay technique<br />
<br />
==Page 540==<br />
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==Endnote 224==<br />
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'''EZC'''<br /><br />
i.e., "easy see"<br />
<br />
'''NAL'''<br /><br />
New American Library<br />
<br />
'''Ticknor, Fields'''<br /><br />
Ticknor and Fields was a publishing house eventually bought by Houghton Mifflin in 1880.<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Y.T.M.P.]]<br />
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==Page 540 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''W-E'''<br /><br />
west-east<br />
<br />
'''Stegosaurus'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus dinosaur]<br />
<br />
==Page 541==<br />
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'''verminal'''<br /><br />
tending to breed vermin<br />
<br />
'''cabbaging'''<br /><br />
stealing<br />
<br />
'''brisance'''<br /><br />
the shattering effect of an explosive<br />
<br />
==Page 542==<br />
<br />
'''panoply'''<br /><br />
a wide-ranging array of things<br />
<br />
'''A Program of Attraction'''<br /><br />
AA refers to itself as this, meaning that it doesn't need to advertise.<br />
<br />
'''EST and Greenwich Mean'''<br /><br />
Eastern Standard Time and Greenwich Mean Time, the latter of which is determined at the Prime Meridian, or 0º longitude<br />
<br />
'''reseau'''<br /><br />
a reference grid of fine lines forming uniform squares on a photographic plate or print, used to aid in measurement<br />
<br />
'''DOW'''<br /><br />
probably the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average Dow Jones Industrial Average]<br />
<br />
'''NIKEI'''<br /><br />
a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei_225 Nikkei 225] index of the Japanese stock market<br />
<br />
==Page 543==<br />
'''Eurotrochaic'''<br /><br />
neologism: Euro[pean] + trochaic; here, describing the alternating two-note sound of a European emergency siren (trochaic being the adjectival form of "trochee," a metrical foot of poetry comprised of two feet, stressed and unstressed)<br />
<br />
'''winsome'''<br /><br />
charming<br />
<br />
'''diverticulitis'''<br /><br />
inflammation of the pouches of the colon<br />
<br />
'''gone rye'''<br /><br />
i.e., gone awry<br />
<br />
'''Principles of Psychology and the Gifford Lectures on Natural Philosophy'''<br /><br />
"[http://www.giffordlectures.org/Author.asp?AuthorID=88 William James’s Gifford Lectures] of 1901–1902 have been heralded by some as the greatest lectures ever to be presented in the series and perhaps the most seminal of his works (alongside The Principles of Psychology). Published initially in 1902, [http://www.csp.org/experience/james-varieties/james-varieties.html The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature] has stood the test of time and been republished thirty-six times."<br />
<br />
'''20-gram'''<br /><br />
About .70 ounces, this is a lot of cocaine.<br />
<br />
'''bonerfied'''<br /><br />
bona fide<br />
<br />
==Page 544==<br />
<br />
[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Maytag Quietmaster]]<br />
<br />
'''ten-kilo'''<br /><br />
about 22 lbs<br />
<br />
'''Caldor-brand'''<br /><br />
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldor chain] of discount department stores in the US Northeast. The chain closed its last store in 1999.<br />
<br />
'''Scopophobic'''<br /><br />
Of scopophobia; the fear of being seen or stared at.<br />
<br />
==Page 545==<br />
<br />
'''phosphenes'''<br /><br />
light sensations in the eyes when light is physically absent<br />
<br />
'''apnea'''<br /><br />
the tendency of mainly overweight people to stop breathing intermittently in their sleep<br />
<br />
==Page 546==<br />
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'''R. Lauren'''<br /><br />
Ralph Lauren<br />
<br />
'''BYP'''<br /><br />
Brookline Young People's AA group<br />
<br />
==Page 547==<br />
<br />
'''tattlemount'''<br /><br />
tantamount<br />
<br />
==Page 548==<br />
<br />
=Early November, YDAU - Rodney Tine and the ''Samizdat''=<br />
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==Page 548==<br />
<br />
'''District'''<br /><br />
the District of Columbia<br />
<br />
==Endnote 228==<br />
<br />
'''O.N.R.'''<br /><br />
perhaps the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Research Office of Naval Research]<br />
<br />
'''ambit'''<br /><br />
sphere of operation or influence<br />
<br />
==Page 548 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''twidgelling'''<br /><br />
not a real word<br />
<br />
'''NCA'''<br /><br />
probably Northern California<br />
<br />
'''Code-Five'''<br /><br />
code for "stakeout in progress"<br />
<br />
'''New Iberia LA'''<br /><br />
a city about 50 miles southwest of Baton Rouge<br />
<br />
'''pithed'''<br /><br />
having had a needle stuck into the base of the skull<br />
<br />
==Page 549==<br />
<br />
'''U.S.O.'''<br /><br />
Undercover Special Operations<br />
<br />
'''P.E.T.s'''<br /><br />
P.E.T. is the acronym for positron emission tomography, a kind of medical imaging technique; these are more commonly called PET scans<br />
<br />
=November 9th, YDAU - Pemulis wanders the E.T.A. offices at night=<br />
<br />
==Page 550==<br />
<br />
'''cathexis'''<br /><br />
defined as the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea<br />
<br />
==Page 551==<br />
<br />
'''exhortation'''<br /><br />
a speech or discourse that encourages, incites, or earnestly advises<br />
<br />
'''greeble'''<br /><br />
a small piece of detailing added to break up the surface of an object to add visual interest<br />
<br />
==Page 552==<br />
<br />
'''Filene's'''<br /><br />
a Boston-based [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filene%27s department store] (and chain), defunct since December 2011<br />
<br />
'''Hal's Mumsly-Wumsly'''<br /><br />
his mother, Avril Incandenza<br />
<br />
==Page 553==<br />
<br />
'''worsted'''<br /><br />
firmly twisted yarn<br />
<br />
=November 11th, YDAU - Lenz and Green Walking=<br />
<br />
==Page 554==<br />
<br />
'''RIJID-brand male hairspray'''<br /><br />
appears to be a fictional brand of hairspray<br />
<br />
==Page 555==<br />
<br />
'''stepped on'''<br /><br />
cut, as in weakened the potency of a drug by adding another substance<br />
<br />
'''half-kilo'''<br /><br />
about 1.1 pounds<br />
<br />
==Endnote 231==<br />
<br />
'''Manitol'''<br /><br />
a misspelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannitol mannitol]<br />
<br />
==Page 555 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''lineskers'''<br /><br />
lines of powdered cocaine assembled for sniffing<br />
<br />
'''"...go find a short pier..."'''<br /><br />
and take a long walk, being the implication<br />
<br />
'''aqua-line nose'''<br /><br />
an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooknose aquiline nose]<br />
<br />
==Page 556==<br />
<br />
'''anileated'''<br /><br />
annihilated<br />
<br />
'''hemispasm'''<br /><br />
spasm on half of the face<br />
<br />
'''insousistent'''<br /><br />
insouciant<br />
<br />
'''skirling'''<br /><br />
shrilly wailing<br />
<br />
'''to the maximus'''<br /><br />
maybe just "the maximum" (or "the max"), but also perhaps more Wallace wordplay, as in the ''gluteus maximus'' (the largest of the muscles in the buttocks), and so a pain in the ass<br />
<br />
'''parallaxing'''<br /><br />
The noun [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax ''parallax''] is a visual term; the nonce participle "parallaxing" used to describe noises here, may be Lenz's way of referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect Doppler effect], analogous only in terms of issues of positional perspective, of the ''viewer'' of an object at some distance in the case of ''parallex'' and the ''hearer'' of a moving noisemaker (such as the siren on a speeding ambulance) in the case of the ''Doppler shift''.<br />
<br />
'''crucifi'''<br /><br />
Probably Lenz means "crucifixes."<br />
<br />
'''threnody'''<br /><br />
song of mourning for the dead<br />
<br />
==Page 557==<br />
<br />
'''To Project and to Swerve'''<br /><br />
a pun on the police motto "To Protect and Serve"<br />
<br />
'''hoovered'''<br /><br />
inhaled<br />
<br />
==Endnote 232==<br />
<br />
'''benzoylecgonine'''<br /><br />
the major metabolite of cocaine<br />
<br />
'''ecgonine'''<br /><br />
an organic chemical found naturally in coca leaves<br />
<br />
'''nystagmus'''<br /><br />
a rapid, involuntary, oscillatory motion of the eyeball<br />
<br />
'''benzoic acid'''<br /><br />
the simplest of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxylic_acid caroxylic acids]<br />
<br />
'''spider angiomas'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_angioma benign tumor]<br />
<br />
'''rhinorrhagia'''<br /><br />
bleeding from the nose<br />
<br />
'''M.A.O.-inhibiting'''<br /><br />
monoamine oxidase inhibitor, a chemical in potent antidepressants.<br />
<br />
<br />
'''blepharospecticity'''<br /><br />
This means something like "seeing through one's eyelids"<br />
<br />
'''ballism'''<br /><br />
another name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballism hemiballismus]<br />
<br />
'''oral labia'''<br /><br />
the lips of the mouth<br />
<br />
'''priapism'''<br /><br />
persistent, usually painful erection of the penis, especially as a consequence of disease and not related to sexual arousal<br />
<br />
'''Paliacci'''<br /><br />
a misspelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagliacci Pagliacci] (''Clowns''), an opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), an Italian composer<br />
<br />
'''diuresis extremus'''<br /><br />
Extreme production of urine and, thus, need to urinate. The correct Greek-Latin term should be ''diuresis extrema'', ''diuresis'' being a feminine noun.<br />
<br />
'''phobophobia'''<br /><br />
fear of fear<br />
<br />
'''sociosis'''<br /><br />
a neurosis that has to do with one's ability to deal with society<br />
<br />
'''acne rosea'''<br /><br />
also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosacea rosacea]<br />
<br />
'''rhinophyma'''<br /><br />
a red nose caused by amassing of granulomas there<br />
<br />
'''synergism'''<br /><br />
the property of things working together<br />
<br />
'''confabulation'''<br /><br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confabulation formation of false memories]<br />
<br />
'''phasece'''<br /><br />
?<br />
<br />
'''lingual tendinitis'''<br /><br />
inflammation of the muscles of the tongue<br />
<br />
==Page 557 (cont'd)==<br />
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'''sangfroid'''<br /><br />
coolness of the blood (from French)<br />
<br />
'''fob'''<br /><br />
an ornament attached to a pocket watch by a chain<br />
<br />
'''chamois'''<br /><br />
Pronounced "shammy," this is a cloth or piece of leather used to shine a surface.<br />
<br />
'''''Track and Flange'''''<br /><br />
not a real magazine<br />
<br />
'''flange'''<br /><br />
a protruding rim, edge, rib, or collar, as on a wheel or a pipe shaft, used to strengthen an object, hold it in place, or attach it to another object<br />
<br />
'''ergo'''<br /><br />
Latin: therefore<br />
<br />
'''''energois de vivre'''''<br /><br />
Something like "life energy" or "life force;" although ''energois'' isn't a real French word, it might be pronounced like ''joie'' as in ''joie de vivre.''<br />
<br />
==Page 558==<br />
<br />
'''Estuarial crocodile'''<br /><br />
the [http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Estuarine+crocodile estuarine (saltwater) crocodile]<br />
<br />
'''Bonwit's'''<br /><br />
a reference to the now-defunct upscale department store [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonwit_Teller Bonwit Teller]<br />
<br />
'''A.D.A.'''<br /><br />
American Dental Association<br />
<br />
'''akido'''<br /><br />
Lenz means [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido aikido].<br />
<br />
'''valise'''<br /><br />
a small piece of luggage<br />
<br />
'''recurving'''<br /><br />
i.e., recurring<br />
<br />
'''t'ai-chi'''<br /><br />
alternate spelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiji Taiji]<br />
<br />
==Page 559==<br />
<br />
'''mescal'''<br /><br />
an alcoholic beverage distilled from a cactus<br />
<br />
'''cableyarrow'''<br /><br />
''Caballero'' (Spanish for "gentleman") is what he means.<br />
<br />
'''''in vitro'''''<br /><br />
Latin for "in glass," this term is used to refer to experiments that happen in test tubes. Lenz means ''in vivo'', i.e., ''in utero''.<br />
<br />
=Hal Counts His Breaths=<br />
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==Page 560==<br />
<br />
'''photosynthesizing'''<br /><br />
turning light into energy, as plants do<br />
<br />
'''Baobab tree'''<br /><br />
a [http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/baobab.htm tree] native to Africa and India<br />
<br />
'''pride'''<br /><br />
family of lions<br />
<br />
=Lenz and Green, cont.=<br />
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==Page 560==<br />
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'''septum'''<br /><br />
the cartilage separating the nostrils<br />
<br />
'''reguiles'''<br /><br />
i.e., regales (and simultaneously beguiles)<br />
<br />
'''Shrangi-la'''<br /><br />
Lenz means Shangri-La, the utopia of the novel ''Lost Horizon'' by James Hilton (1900-1954), a British author.<br />
<br />
'''kamasupra'''<br /><br />
Lenz is referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra Kama Sutra].<br />
<br />
==Page 561==<br />
<br />
'''Fall River'''<br /><br />
a city in Massachusetts about 50 miles south of Boston<br />
<br />
'''poofta'''<br /><br />
i.e., a poofter, a vulgar term for a male homosexual<br />
<br />
'''intrepid'''<br /><br />
fearless<br />
<br />
'''fauna'''<br /><br />
wildlife<br />
<br />
'''Shawshine River'''<br /><br />
also known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawsheen_River Shawsheen]<br />
<br />
'''ravacious'''<br /><br />
This would seem to be a cross between "ravenous" and "rapacious."<br />
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==Page 562==<br />
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'''scat-piles'''<br /><br />
piles of feces<br />
<br />
'''feti'''<br /><br />
plural of fetus<br />
<br />
'''yrstruly'''<br /><br />
yours truly<br />
<br />
'''propitiating'''<br /><br />
appeasing<br />
<br />
'''diem'''<br /><br />
Latin: day<br />
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==Page 398==<br />
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==Page 399==<br />
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'''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_Park Adirondack Park] in New York.<br />
<br />
'''FROM TICODEROGA, NY TO SALEM, MA'''<br /><br />
The lower corner of Vermont lies below this line.<br />
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==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 />
'''faute-de-mieux'''<br /><br />
for lack of something better.<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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrolean_hat 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.<br />
<br />
'''H.E.W.'''<br /><br />
the U.S. Department of 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, i.e., the right of the government to divest or cede private property to serve the greater good.<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 />
'''puppet-à-clef'''<br /><br />
<br />
A roman à clef is a novel based on a true story with the actual names of characters changed (similarly for film à clef). So, the puppet show has changed the names of the Clipperton story. <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 />
==Endnote 158==<br />
'''renumeration'''<br /><br />
Context indicates that the 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 />
==Endnote 159==<br />
<br />
'''testatory codicil'''<br /><br />
<br />
A testator is someone who has a will, and a codicil is a supplement to a will. <br />
<br />
<br />
==Page 410 (cont'd)==<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 Corporation ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation Wikipedia])<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 />
'''spinal camel-straw'''<br /><br />
the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back(bone)<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 />
'''La Honda CA'''<br /><br />
a tiny town in San Mateo County, California<br />
<br />
'''Icarian'''<br /><br />
In the manner of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus Icarus], who flew too close to the sun with wings crafted from feathers and wax by his father Daedalus. The heat from the sun melted the wax, whereupon Icarus fell into the sea and drowned.<br />
<br />
'''penultimate'''<br /><br />
next-to-last<br />
<br />
'''mogulette'''<br /><br />
a minor mogul, or perhaps a female mogul<br />
<br />
'''Blockbuster's Huizenga'''<br /><br />
the entrepreneurial company founder [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Huizenga H. Wayne Huizenga]<br />
<br />
'''half-gainer'''<br /><br />
a type of dive<br />
<br />
'''Tobin Bridge'''<br /><br />
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_Bridge bridge] that connects Charleston and Chelsea, Massachusetts, over the Mystic River<br />
<br />
==Page 416==<br />
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'''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 />
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==Page 417==<br />
<br />
'''CPU'''<br /><br />
Central Processing Unit<br />
<br />
'''tentacularly'''<br /><br />
as with tentacles<br />
<br />
'''Baby Bells'''<br /><br />
the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) that came out of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System_divestiture Bell System divestiture], a result of the outcome of an antitrust lawsuit (1974) against the monopolistic AT&T<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; derived from English philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes Thomas Hobbes]<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 />
This formula becomes very complicated, if the factorial's argument is not an integer, which is likely to be the case when taking the square root of a random number (area).<br />
<br />
'''mimetic'''<br /><br />
used here, meaning as close to reality as possible<br />
<br />
'''equatorial'''<br /><br />
lying on the Equator<br />
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<br />
'''mycological'''<br /><br />
regarding the study of mushrooms<br />
<br />
'''ennui'''<br /><br />
listlessness or dissatisfaction through a lack of occupation or excitement<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 />
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==Page 398==<br />
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==Page 399==<br />
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'''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 />
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'''EPA'''<br /><br />
Environmental Protection Agency<br />
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'''Berlin, NH'''<br /><br />
a town in New Hampshire very close to the Canadian border<br />
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'''Rumford, ME'''<br /><br />
Rumford is in Maine, less than 50 miles due east of Berlin, N.H.<br />
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'''MONTPELIER'''<br /><br />
the capital of Vermont<br />
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'''Lancaster NH'''<br /><br />
a city about twenty miles west of Berlin, N.H.<br />
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'''INFARCTION'''<br /><br />
heart attack<br />
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'''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 />
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'''SALEM MA'''<br /><br />
a city 15 miles up the coast from Boston<br />
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'''FROM SYRACUSE TO TICONDEROGA, NY'''<br /><br />
This line would go right through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_Park Adirondack Park] in New York.<br />
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'''FROM TICODEROGA, NY TO SALEM, MA'''<br /><br />
The lower corner of Vermont lies below this line.<br />
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'''claque'''<br /><br />
a group of sycophants<br />
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'''hale'''<br /><br />
healthy<br />
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'''Kevlar'''<br /><br />
a synthetic substance used in, among other things, bulletproof vests<br />
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==Page 401==<br />
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'''aspersion'''<br /><br />
a disparaging remark<br />
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==Page 402==<br />
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'''Bôf'''<br /><br />
defined by the Cambridge Online French-English dictionary as an interjection "expressing a lack of interest or enthusiasm"<br />
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'''maroon'''<br /><br />
i.e., a moron<br />
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'''benighted'''<br /><br />
overtaken by darkness<br />
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'''cojones'''<br /><br />
Spanish for "testicles"<br />
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==Page 403==<br />
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'''faute-de-mieux'''<br /><br />
for lack of something better.<br />
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'''redemisement'''<br /><br />
see discussion of "redemised" at [[Pages_306-321#Page_319|page 319]]<br />
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'''scenario'''<br /><br />
"Scenarios" is the correct plural.<br />
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==Page 404==<br />
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[[Image:Tyrolean.jpg|thumb|caption|Tyrolean Hat|150px|right]]<br />
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'''Tyrolean hats'''<br /><br />
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrolean_hat 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.<br />
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'''H.E.W.'''<br /><br />
the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare<br />
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'''rife'''<br /><br />
abounding<br />
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'''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, i.e., the right of the government to divest or cede private property to serve the greater good.<br />
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'''''bien sûr'''''<br /><br />
French: of course<br />
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'''U.S.O.'''<br /><br />
United States Organizations, an organization dedicated to entertaining troops at war<br />
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'''coup de grâce'''<br /><br />
French: death blow<br />
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'''recalcitrant'''<br /><br />
hard to deal with or manage<br />
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'''''¿Qué?'''<br /><br />
Spanish: What?<br />
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'''Yukon'''<br /><br />
a territory of northwest Canada that borders Alaska's western border<br />
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'''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 />
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'''1/3-rpm'''<br /><br />
This is one-third of a revolution per minute. LPs go literally 100 times faster.<br />
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''''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 />
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'''IMBROGLIO'''<br /><br />
a misunderstanding or disagreement between persons or nations<br />
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'''SIN CITY'''<br /><br />
Las Vegas<br />
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'''F.E.C.'''<br /><br />
Federal Elections Commission<br />
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'''S.A.C.'''<br /><br />
Strategic Air Command<br />
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'''BK'''<br /><br />
Burger King<br />
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'''catastatic'''<br /><br />
of or pertaining to the climax of a play, movie, etc<br />
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'''puppet-à-clef'''<br /><br />
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A roman à clef is a novel based on a true story with the actual names of characters changed (similarly for film à clef). So, the puppet show has changed the names of the Clipperton story. <br />
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'''radon'''<br /><br />
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon chemical element] that contaminates homes in gaseous form<br />
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'''Maddox OH'''<br /><br />
doesn't appear to be a real place<br />
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'''Hartford'''<br /><br />
the capital of Connecticut<br />
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'''Elmer's'''<br /><br />
a brand of glue<br />
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==Endnote 158==<br />
'''renumeration'''<br /><br />
Context indicates that the word should be ''remuneration''.<br />
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==Endnote 159==<br />
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'''Durban'''<br /><br />
the second most populous city in S. Africa, on the country's southeast coast<br />
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'''Clipperton ''même'''''<br /><br />
French: Clipperton himself<br />
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==Page 410==<br />
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'''transverse aberration'''<br /><br />
this is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberration_of_light aberration of light] across a field<br />
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'''Sunkist'''<br /><br />
a brand of fruit and fruit drinks<br />
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=Hal's History of Television Before Subsidized Time=<br />
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'''incipient'''<br /><br />
beginning to develop<br />
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'''Szechuan'''<br /><br />
alternate spelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szechuan Sichuan]<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Y.P.W.]]<br />
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'''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 />
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'''TCI'''<br /><br />
Tele-Communications, Inc. (now defunct)<br />
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'''Malone'''<br /><br />
John C. Malone (born 1941), now CEO of Liberty Media<br />
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'''TBS'''<br /><br />
Turner Broadcasting System, founded by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born 1938)<br />
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'''CBC'''<br /><br />
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation Wikipedia])<br />
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==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 />
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'''HDTV'''<br /><br />
High-Definition Television<br />
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'''liposuction'''<br /><br />
a surgical procedure whereby fat is literally sucked out of the body<br />
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'''P.T.A.s'''<br /><br />
Parent-Teacher Associations<br />
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'''PACs'''<br /><br />
Political Action Committees<br />
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'''REM'''<br /><br />
Rapid Eye Movement<br />
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'''kabal'''<br /><br />
an alternate spelling of "cabal," meaning a small group of secret plotters<br />
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'''spinal camel-straw'''<br /><br />
the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back(bone)<br />
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'''b&w'''<br /><br />
black and white<br />
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'''avuncular'''<br /><br />
suggestive of an uncle<br />
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'''Preparation H'''<br /><br />
a brand-name ointment for hemorrhoids<br />
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'''Überad'''<br /><br />
a super advertisement, using the German ''über'' ("super") as a prefix<br />
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'''MLB'''<br /><br />
Major League Baseball<br />
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'''Ch. 11 protection'''<br /><br />
Chapter 11, a section of the bankruptcy code under which one could file for protection from creditors<br />
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'''Dow turned Grizzly'''<br /><br />
i.e., a bear (downward-moving) market environment began<br />
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''''Happy Days''''<br /><br />
a once-successful [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070992/ television series] on ABC<br />
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'''La Honda CA'''<br /><br />
a tiny town in San Mateo County, California<br />
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'''Icarian'''<br /><br />
In the manner of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus Icarus], who flew too close to the sun with wings crafted from feathers and wax by his father Daedalus. The heat from the sun melted the wax, whereupon Icarus fell into the sea and drowned.<br />
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'''penultimate'''<br /><br />
next-to-last<br />
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'''mogulette'''<br /><br />
a minor mogul, or perhaps a female mogul<br />
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'''Blockbuster's Huizenga'''<br /><br />
the entrepreneurial company founder [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Huizenga H. Wayne Huizenga]<br />
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'''half-gainer'''<br /><br />
a type of dive<br />
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'''Tobin Bridge'''<br /><br />
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobin_Bridge bridge] that connects Charleston and Chelsea, Massachusetts, over the Mystic River<br />
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'''ken'''<br /><br />
understanding<br />
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'''vox- and digitus-populi'''<br /><br />
''Vox populi'' means "voice of the people" in Latin. ''Digitus populi'' would be "finger of the people."<br />
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'''CPU'''<br /><br />
Central Processing Unit<br />
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'''tentacularly'''<br /><br />
as with tentacles<br />
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'''Baby Bells'''<br /><br />
the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) that came out of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System_divestiture Bell System divestiture], a result of the outcome of an antitrust lawsuit (1974) against the monopolistic AT&T<br />
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'''GTE'''<br /><br />
General Telephone and Electronics<br />
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'''Hobbesianly'''<br /><br />
in a way suggesting that people are very much in a state of nature, i.e., without rules or laws; derived from English philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes Thomas Hobbes]<br />
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'''!'''<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 />
This formula becomes very complicated, if the factorial's argument is not an integer, which is likely to be the case when taking the square root of a random number (area).<br />
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'''mimetic'''<br /><br />
used here, meaning as close to reality as possible<br />
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'''equatorial'''<br /><br />
lying on the Equator<br />
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'''mycological'''<br /><br />
regarding the study of mushrooms<br />
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'''ennui'''<br /><br />
listlessness or dissatisfaction through a lack of occupation or excitement<br />
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==Endnote 168==<br />
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'''Wagnerian'''<br /><br />
in the style or manner of Richard Wagner, the German operatic composer<br />
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=☽ Late October (22nd), YDAU - WYYY, Madame Psychosis=<br />
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==Page 181==<br />
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'''Madame Psychosis'''<br /><br />
not just a byname for DMZ, but also a radio show host<br />
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'''apotheosizing'''<br /><br />
apotheosis is the glorifying of someone to a divine level<br />
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'''patricidal'''<br /><br />
having a tendency to kill one's father<br />
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'''entomologist'''<br /><br />
a person who studies insects scientifically<br />
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'''sephenoid'''<br /><br />
a misspelling for [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sphenoid sphenoid], "a winged bone at the base of the cranium."<br />
''Merriam-Webster Online. 25 May 2009''<br />
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'''Infundibular'''<br /><br />
having the form of a funnel<br />
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'''epiglottal'''<br /><br />
having to do with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiglottis epiglottis]<br />
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'''Hillel'''<br /><br />
a nationwide (worldwide?) Jewish student union present on several campuses<br />
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'''corpus callosum'''<br /><br />
the part of the brain connecting the left and right hemispheres<br />
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'''laryngeally fissured'''<br /><br />
having ridges like the human [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larynx larynx]<br />
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'''work-study'''<br /><br />
receiving funding from the university in exchange for work rendered to the university<br />
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'''chiffon'''<br /><br />
a lightweight, balanced, plain-woven fabric<br />
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'''limned'''<br /><br />
To limn means to describe or delineate<br />
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'''parietal'''<br /><br />
referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parietal_lobe parietal lobe] of the brain, responsible for sensory memory and response<br />
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'''pop'''<br /><br />
Midwesterners in the U.S. use this word to denote what others call "soda," i.e., Coca-Cola, 7-Up, etc.<br />
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'''Dow'''<br /><br />
a pun on the Chinese word ''tao,'' ("the way") and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJIA Dow Jones Industrial Average]<br />
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'''gasper'''<br /><br />
cigarette<br />
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'''E.S.T.'''<br /><br />
Eastern Standard Time<br />
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'''medulla'''<br /><br />
literally that part of the brain responsible for autonomic functions like heartbeat, organ activity, etc.<br />
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'''I. M. Pei'''<br /><br />
Ieoh Ming Pei (born 1917) is a Chinese-born American architect who designed, among other famous buildings, MIT's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Building_%28MIT%29 Green Building].<br />
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==Endnote 60==<br />
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'''J. A. Stratton'''<br /><br />
Julius Adams Stratton (1901-1994) was an American educator and president of MIT between 1959 and 1965.<br />
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'''cerebral cortex'''<br /><br />
that part of the brain responsible for higher-order thinking<br />
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'''"...what she's said for three years of midnights..."'''<br /><br />
Up until 'Look at that fucker ''Dance,''' the rest of her introduction is from [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=9 Genesis 1].<br />
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'''Largest Whole Prime On The FM Band'''<br /><br />
109 is a prime number, i.e., divisible only by itself and by 1. Actually the highest number you can get on FM is 108, and there are no whole numbers in FM radio in the U.S.<br />
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'''EM'''<br /><br />
probably denoting "electromagnetic"<br />
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'''centrifugal'''<br /><br />
that force in a spinning object that tends to push away objects from the angle of rotation<br />
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'''Hundt Act'''<br /><br />
Reed E. Hundt (born 1948) was chairman of the Federal Communications Committee in 1996, when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was passed. Wallace may be riffing on that, as it appears there was no equivalent legislation in 1966.<br />
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'''spatter's center'''<br /><br />
The spatter referred to here is probably the small amount of FM bands that can be sent out.<br />
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'''inelastic'''<br /><br />
When used with regard to demand, this term means tending not to change.<br />
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'''3-km. cannon'''<br /><br />
The range is about 1.86 miles.<br />
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'''P.E.'''<br /><br />
Physical Education<br />
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'''Philology'''<br /><br />
The study of literature or language.<br />
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'''hypogonadism'''<br /><br />
lack of function of the ovaries or testicles<br />
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'''Nodular leprosy with leonine facies'''<br /><br />
a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy leprosy] that generates lesions made of nodes and that produces lion-like facial expressions (i.e., "leonine facies")<br />
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'''The acromegalic and hyperkeratosistic. The enuretic.'''<br /><br />
Arcomegaly is a disorder of the pituitary gland whereby it produces too much human growth hormone, resulting in giantism. Hyperkeratosistic means that one is suffering from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperkeratosis hyperkeratosis]. Enuresis is the inability to urinate.<br />
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'''The spasmodically torticollic.'''<br /><br />
having a head tilted to one side (torticollis) involving convulsions (spasmodic)<br />
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'''transuranial metallurgist.'''<br /><br />
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`transuranial' refers to the elements with an atomic number greater than 92. <br />
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'''G.S.L.'''<br /><br />
Guaranteed Student Loan<br />
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'''treillage'''<br /><br />
latticework<br />
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'''interneural'''<br /><br />
between nerves<br />
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'''semitic ideograms'''<br /><br />
Semitic languages actually tend to be written uses alphabets, where a symbol denotes a phoneme, rather than in ideograms, like Chinese and Korean are. The oldest alphabet is the Phoenician, which was Semitic.0<br />
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'''rostral lamina'''<br /><br />
in biology, a beaklike or snoutlike (rostral) layer of tissue (lamina)<br />
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'''neuroform'''<br /><br />
Neuroform is actually the brand-name of a type of stent.<br />
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'''S.O.P.'''<br /><br />
Standard Operating Procedure<br />
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'''neorealist'''<br /><br />
adhering to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_neorealism Italian neorealism]<br />
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'''Peterson/Broughton and Dali/Buñuel'''<br /><br />
[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677403/ Sidney Peterson] and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112687/ James Broughton] collaborated on [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038855/ The Potted Psalm] (1946), an experimental film.<br />
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Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Púbol (1904-1989) and Luis Buñuel Portolés (1900-1983) were both Spanish artists. They collaborated on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020530/ Un chien andalou]'' (''An Andalusian Dog'', 1929), another experimental film.<br />
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'''Deren/Hammid'''<br /><br />
[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220305/ Maya Deren] and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352413/ Alexander Hammid] codirected [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036154/ Meshes of the Afternoon]<br />
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'''Antonioni'''<br /><br />
Michelangelo Antonioni (1912-2007) was an Italian filmmaker probably most famous for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060176/ Blowup].<br />
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'''Tarkovsky'''<br /><br />
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (1932-1986) was a Soviet-Russian filmmaker, most famous for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0176227/ Voyage in Time], made with Antonioni.<br />
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'''Sometimes Ozu and Bresson'''<br /><br />
Yasujirō Ozu (1903-1963) was a Japanese filmmaker. Robert Bresson (1901-1999) was a French filmmaker.<br />
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'''hoary dramaturgy'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, dramaturgy is "the art of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama on the stage." To call it "hoary" would be to imply it's old.<br />
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'''Sir Herbert Tree'''<br /><br />
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917) was a British actor and manager. You can hear his performances of ''Hamlet'' [http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/playhamlet.html here].<br />
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'''Kaelesque'''<br /><br />
In the style of Pauline Kael (1919-2001), an American film critic for ''New Yorker'' magazine.<br />
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'''De Palma, Tarantino'''<br /><br />
[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000361/ Brian De Palma] and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/ Quentin Tarantino]<br />
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==Endnote 61==<br />
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'''dissociative formalism'''<br /><br />
presumably [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formalist_film_theory formalism] that focuses too much on form and not enough on character and other aspects of filmmaking<br />
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'''Stan Brakhage and Hollis Frampton'''<br /><br />
Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) and Hollis Frampton (1936-1984) were American avant-garde filmmakers.<br />
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'''Beth B.'''<br /><br />
You can read about her [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0044579/ here].<br />
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'''the Snow brothers, Vigdis Simpson'''<br /><br />
One of the Snow brothers would have to be Michael Snow (born 1929), a Canadian-American filmmaker, principally known for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_%281966_film%29 Wavelength]. Vigdis Simpson seems created.<br />
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'''Brutalism, Found Drama'''<br /><br />
Brutalism may refer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalism brutalist architecture]. Found Drama is the cinematic extension of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_art Found Art].<br />
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'''dissonant'''<br /><br />
inharmonious with other things (here, aspects of Madame Psychosis's taste)<br />
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'''Baraka'''<br /><br />
Imamu Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones, 1934) is an African-American poet, playwright, author, and political activist.<br />
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'''piamater'''<br /><br />
actually two words: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pia_mater Pia mater]<br />
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'''sulci'''<br /><br />
plural of "sulcus," a furrow or groove, particularly between sections of the brain<br />
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'''A.Y. ('V.F.') Rickey's ''summum opus'''''<br /><br />
A.Y. "Vector Field" Rickey, as first referenced back in Endnote 3 as the architect of the cardioid E.T.A. buildings. Possibly named after [http://www.math.usma.edu/people/Rickey/ V. Frederick Rickey], a prominent mathematician. It is notable that there is, in fact, no Student Union building at MIT. <br />
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The ''summum opus'' would be the "greatest work" while a ''magnum opus'' would be a "great work."<br />
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'''parietooccipital'''<br /><br />
referring to both the parietal lobe of the brain, as well as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipital_lobe occipital] lobe, which is where vision is processed<br />
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'''Pons and abducent'''<br /><br />
The Pons is a structure on the brain stem, while the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abducent_nerve abducens nerve] is a nerve in the muscles of the eye.<br />
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'''basilar-stem artery'''<br /><br />
a stem of an artery that carries blood to the brain<br />
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'''oblongata'''<br /><br />
the second half of the full name of the medulla<br />
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'''FHC'''<br /><br />
acronym for "fluorohydrocarbon," this is a type of [http://www.polymerplastics.com/fluoro_overview.shtml fluroplastic], known to give off poisonous fumes<br />
<br />
'''Heathkit'''<br /><br />
The company's Web site is [http://www.heathkit-museum.com/ here].<br />
<br />
'''10ºC'''<br /><br />
fifty degrees Fahrenheit<br />
<br />
'''five m.'''<br /><br />
almost 16.5 feet<br />
<br />
'''vascularly hued'''<br /><br />
colored like a blood vessel<br />
<br />
'''mercuric'''<br /><br />
employing the element [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element) mercury]<br />
<br />
'''wooferless'''<br /><br />
lacking the larger speaker (i.e., the "woofer") found in multi-speaker systems<br />
<br />
'''saddle-noses'''<br /><br />
noses having a collapsed nasal bridge<br />
<br />
'''atrophic'''<br /><br />
shrinking in size<br />
<br />
'''Scleredema adultorum'''<br /><br />
a [http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic385.htm disease] characterized by non-pitting induration of the skin<br />
<br />
'''serodermatotic'''<br /><br />
suffering from serodermatosis, a skin disease with serous effusion into the skin<br />
<br />
'''hydrocephalic'''<br /><br />
having water on the brain<br />
<br />
'''tabescent and chachetic'''<br /><br />
Tabescent refers to a person with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabes tabes dorsalis], and chachetic (probably misspelled) apparently refers to a person with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachexia cachexia]. <br />
<br />
'''Brag's-Diseased'''<br /><br />
This would seem to be a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioma glioma], though it is mentioned almost nowhere.<br />
<br />
'''carbuncular or steatocryptotic'''<br /><br />
Carbuncular means "pimply," while steatocryptotic refers to a person suffering from steatocryptosis, which is derangement of the sebaceous glands.<br />
<br />
'''Marin-Amat Syndrome'''<br /><br />
This is involuntary closure on one eye, named for Manuel Marin Amat, an early 20th century Spanish ophthalmologist.<br />
<br />
'''scrofulodermic'''<br /><br />
suffering from [http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic434.htm cutaneous tuberculosis]<br />
<br />
'''Bell-shaped steatopygiacs'''<br /><br />
A steatopygiac is a person suffering from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steatopygia steatopygia]; if you're bell-shaped, it just means the fat is closer to the bottom than the top<br />
<br />
'''Pityriasis Rosea'''<br /><br />
a skin disease marked by patches of pink, oval rash<br />
<br />
'''"Blessed are the poor in body, for they."'''<br /><br />
This is not one of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatitude Beatitudes].<br />
<br />
'''U.H.I.D.'''<br /><br />
Union of the Hideously and Improbably Deformed<br />
<br />
'''probability waves for subhadronics'''<br /><br />
Probability waves are a concept in quantum physics that expresses the probability that "a particle or particles in a particular state will be measured to have a given position and momentum" (Wikipedia). Subhadronic refers to a particle smaller than a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadron hadron].<br />
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==Page 188==<br />
<br />
'''Radcliffe's Bunting Institute'''<br /><br />
Radcliffe is the women's college at Harvard University. According to the Harvard [http://www.harvard.edu/ Web site], "The Bunting Institute is a mutidisciplinary center for women scholars, writers, artists, and activists of demonstrated achievement and promise. Each year, approximately 40 women pursue projects that make significant contributions to their fields, working in a community that fosters interdisciplinary discourse, and creative and intellectual leadership. Some describe their experience as "the Bunting transformation."<br />
<br />
'''L.A.S. tradition'''<br /><br />
Liberal Arts and Sciences<br />
<br />
==Endnote 64==<br />
<br />
'''Samuel Johnson'''<br /><br />
Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1709-1784), was a British poet, essayist, novelist, literary critic, and lexicographer.<br />
<br />
'''Beesley'''<br /><br />
Patricia Beesley, an early 20th century American educator who did author the book named.<br />
<br />
'''cornup3.COM'''<br /><br />
There is no such Web site.<br />
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==Page 188 (cont'd)==<br />
'''''mens-sana'' pedagogy'''<br /><br />
"healthy-mind" teaching<br />
<br />
'''''ad valorem'''''<br /><br />
Latin: by value<br />
<br />
'''''corpore potis'''''<br /><br />
Latin: able of body<br />
<br />
'''Thorp's Trigonometry of Cubes'''<br /><br />
Edward Oakley Thorp (born 1932) is an American mathematician, but he seems not to have created a "trigonometry of cubes," which would be, frankly, impossible.<br />
<br />
'''aphotic to apochromatic'''<br /><br />
Aphotic means without light, while apochromatic means developing color.<br />
<br />
'''Best Boy'''<br /><br />
a member of a film crew, assistant to either the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaffer_%28motion_picture_industry%29 gaffer] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_grip key grip]<br />
<br />
'''Cambridgeport'''<br /><br />
an area of Cambridge, Mass.<br />
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==Page 189==<br />
<br />
'''leukodermatic'''<br /><br />
white-skinned<br />
<br />
'''xanthodantic'''<br /><br />
misspelling of xanthodontic, which means yellow-toothed<br />
<br />
'''basilisk-breathed and pyorrheic'''<br /><br />
A basilisk is a type of dragon, and pyorrhea is the condition of having gum disease.<br />
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==Page 190==<br />
<br />
'''peronic or teratoidal'''<br /><br />
Peronic probably means having a bent penis (from ''Peyronies'' disease), while teratoidal means malformed.<br />
<br />
'''phrenologically malformed'''<br /><br />
malformed in the shape of the skull<br />
<br />
'''supuratively lesioned'''<br /><br />
having lesions that ooze pus<br />
<br />
'''acervulus-nosed'''<br /><br />
having blisters on the nose<br />
<br />
'''radically -ectomied'''<br /><br />
-having to do with body-part removal (think radical mastectomy)<br />
<br />
'''diaphoretic'''<br /><br />
perspiring<br />
<br />
'''granulomatous'''<br /><br />
having masses of ulcerated infections of the skin<br />
<br />
'''lazarettes and oubliettes'''<br /><br />
A lazarette is a hospital that treats infectious diseases, while an oubliette is a dungeon accessible only by trapdoor.<br />
<br />
'''kyphotic and lordotic'''<br /><br />
Kyphotic means having abnormal rear curvature of the spine (i.e., hunchbacked), while lordotic having abnormal forward curvature of the spine.<br />
<br />
'''cellulitic'''<br /><br />
Having cellulite, i.e., deposits of subcutaneous fat within fibrous connective tissue (as in the thighs, hips, and buttocks) that give a puckered and dimpled appearance to the skin surface ([http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cellulite Merriam-Webster])<br />
<br />
'''fatally pulchritudinous'''<br /><br />
deadly good-looking<br />
<br />
'''Actaeonizing'''<br /><br />
Reference to the story of Actaeon - "In the version that was offered by the Hellenistic poet Callimachus (Hymn v), which has become the standard setting, Artemis was bathing in the woods when the hunter Actaeon stumbled across her, thus seeing her naked. He stopped and stared, amazed at her ravishing beauty. Once seen, Actaeon was punished by Artemis: she forbade him speech — if he tried to speak, he would be changed into a stag — for the unlucky profanation of her virginity's mystery. Upon hearing the call of his hunting party, he cried out to them and immediately was changed into a stag. His own hounds then turned upon him and tore him to pieces, not recognizing him." ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actaeon Wikipedia])<br />
<br />
'''Medusoid'''<br /><br />
looking like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon gorgon]<br />
<br />
'''papuled, the macular, the albinic'''<br /><br />
Papules are inflammatory elevations of the skin. Macular means having opaque spots on the cornea. Albinic is having no melanin.<br />
<br />
'''''odalisques'''''<br /><br />
a concubine or slave in a harem<br />
<br />
'''ital'''<br /><br />
italics, used for emphasis<br />
<br />
'''crosiers'''<br /><br />
a crosier is a type of French roll<br />
<br />
'''lager'''<br /><br />
a type of beer, medium in darkness<br />
<br />
'''vin blanc'''<br /><br />
French: white wine<br />
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==Page 191==<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Y.D.P.A.U.]]<br />
<br />
'''''Good Morning, Midnight'' and ''Maggie: A Girl of the Streets'' and ''Giovanni's Room'' and ''Under the Volcano'''''<br /><br />
''Good Morning, Midnight'' is a novel by Jean Rhys (1890-1979), born Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams, a Caribbean novelist, on the topic of a woman forced to confront her own loneliness and despair. ''Maggie: A Girl of the Streets'' is a novel by Stephen Crane (1871-1900), an American novelist, on the topic of a child prostitute. ''Giovanni's Room'' by African-American expatriate author James Arthur Baldwin (1924-1987) is a novel on the topic of a young man coming to terms with his homosexuality. ''Under the Volcano'' is a novel by Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957), a British writer, on the topic of alcoholism.<br />
<br />
'''Bret Ellis'''<br /><br />
Bret Easton Ellis (born 1965) is an American novelist probably best known for ''Less Than Zero'' (1985), about a drug addict who turns to prostitution, and ''American Psycho'' (1991), about a serial killer.<br />
<br />
'''van der Rohe'''<br /><br />
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) was a German-born American architect.<br />
<br />
==Endnote 66==<br />
<br />
'''R.E.M. and Pearl Jam'''<br /><br />
R.E.M.'s lead singer, Michael Stipe, was famous for his unintelligible lyrics until around 1987's ''Document''. Pearl Jam's vocalist, Eddie Vedder, is as cryptic now as he was fifteen years ago, when they released their first record.<br />
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==Page 191 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''wall- and cross-eyed'''<br /><br />
To be wall-eyed is to suffer from exotropia, which is a form of ocular paralysis in which one or both eyes turn outward.<br />
<br />
'''ergotic of St. Anthony'''<br /><br />
An old name for ergot poisoning is "St. Anthony's fire," which is ergot poisoning. However, given the context, Wallace may be referring here to shingles.<br />
<br />
'''varicelliformally eruptive'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eczema_herpeticum eczema due to herpes].<br />
<br />
'''sarcoma'd of Kaposi'''<br /><br />
Karposi's sarcoma is a usually benign skin cancer common in elderly Mediterranean men that has become the most easily identifiable visible symptom of AIDS.<br />
<br />
'''M. Hamilton as Oz's West Witch'''<br /><br />
Referring to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/ The Wizard of Oz], the Wicked Witch of the West (and East) was played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002121/ Margaret Hamilton].<br />
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==Page 192==<br />
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[[Image:RCA.jpg|right]]<br />
<br />
'''RCA-Victorish'''<br /><br />
The image can be seen to the right.<br />
<br />
'''snaggle-toothed'''<br /><br />
having a broken or projecting tooth<br />
<br />
'''wattled'''<br /><br />
having flesh hanging from one's chin, like a turkey<br />
<br />
'''lycanthropically'''<br /><br />
in a way suggesting a werewolf<br />
<br />
'''Tourettic'''<br /><br />
suffering from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette%27s_Syndrome Tourette's syndrome]<br />
<br />
'''teratoid'''<br /><br />
resembling a monster<br />
<br />
'''halitotic'''<br /><br />
having bad breath<br />
<br />
'''saurian- and equine-looking'''<br /><br />
looking like a lizard or horse, respectively<br />
<br />
'''invaginate'''<br /><br />
sheathed<br />
<br />
'''Cushing's Disease'''<br /><br />
Named for Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939), an American neurologist, this disease is an endocrine disorder resulting in rapid weight gain, sweating, thinning of skin, and other negative side effects.<br />
<br />
'''Rhinoplasty'''<br /><br />
nose job<br />
<br />
'''subdural'''<br /><br />
below the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dura_mater dura mater] in the skull<br />
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==Page 193==<br />
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'''les bâtiments sanctifíes'''<br /><br />
French: the holy buildings<br />
<br />
'''''Metropolis'''''<br /><br />
a 1927 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/ film] directed by Fritz Lang<br />
<br />
=Layout of the Enfield Marine Public Health Hospital complex=<br />
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==Page 193==<br />
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'''VA'''<br /><br />
the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs<br />
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==Page 194==<br />
<br />
'''solvent'''<br /><br />
i.e., financially solvent<br />
<br />
'''methadone'''<br /><br />
a drug used to wean heroin addicts off that drug and onto methadone, which is equally addictive but produces no "high"<br />
<br />
'''methedrine'''<br /><br />
the brand name of methamphetamine<br />
<br />
'''New Bedford'''<br /><br />
a city of Massachusetts, about 50 miles south of Boston<br />
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==Page 195==<br />
<br />
''''Vette'''<br /><br />
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette Chevrolet Corvette]<br />
<br />
'''ornithology'''<br /><br />
the study of birds<br />
<br />
'''aminating'''<br /><br />
introducing an amino acid into something<br />
<br />
'''shiv'''<br /><br />
an improvised prison weapon used for stabbing<br />
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==Page 196==<br />
<br />
'''LTIs'''<br /><br />
Long-Term Illnesses<br />
<br />
==Endnote 67==<br />
<br />
'''The Unexamined Life tavern'''<br /><br />
Socrates said that the unexamined life is not worth living in ''Apology''.<br />
<br />
'''parasolled'''<br /><br />
having an umbrella on or in it<br />
<br />
'''Mudslides'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://drinkoftheweek.com/archive/m/mudslide.htm drink]<br />
<br />
''''objay darts''''<br /><br />
a bastardized form of ''objets d'arts'', French for "objects of art"<br />
<br />
'''catatonic'''<br /><br />
relating to catatonia, a neurogenic motor immobility arising from a disturbed mental state (resulting in little or no movement in the sufferer)<br />
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==Page 197==<br />
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'''mansard'''<br /><br />
This is "a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').<br />
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'''Clorets'''<br /><br />
a brand name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clorets popular gum]<br />
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==Page 181==<br />
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'''Madame Psychosis'''<br /><br />
not just a byname for DMZ, but also a radio show host<br />
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==Page 182==<br />
<br />
'''apotheosizing'''<br /><br />
apotheosis is the glorifying of someone to a divine level<br />
<br />
'''patricidal'''<br /><br />
having a tendency to kill one's father<br />
<br />
'''entomologist'''<br /><br />
a person who studies insects scientifically<br />
<br />
'''sephenoid'''<br /><br />
a misspelling for [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sphenoid sphenoid], "a winged bone at the base of the cranium."<br />
''Merriam-Webster Online. 25 May 2009''<br />
<br />
'''Infundibular'''<br /><br />
having the form of a funnel<br />
<br />
'''epiglottal'''<br /><br />
having to do with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiglottis epiglottis]<br />
<br />
'''Hillel'''<br /><br />
a nationwide (worldwide?) Jewish student union present on several campuses<br />
<br />
'''corpus callosum'''<br /><br />
the part of the brain connecting the left and right hemispheres<br />
<br />
'''laryngeally fissured'''<br /><br />
having ridges like the human [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larynx larynx]<br />
<br />
'''work-study'''<br /><br />
receiving funding from the university in exchange for work rendered to the university<br />
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==Page 183==<br />
<br />
'''chiffon'''<br /><br />
a lightweight, balanced, plain-woven fabric<br />
<br />
'''limned'''<br /><br />
To limn means to describe or delineate<br />
<br />
'''parietal'''<br /><br />
referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parietal_lobe parietal lobe] of the brain, responsible for sensory memory and response<br />
<br />
'''pop'''<br /><br />
Midwesterners in the U.S. use this word to denote what others call "soda," i.e., Coca-Cola, 7-Up, etc.<br />
<br />
'''Dow'''<br /><br />
a pun on the Chinese word ''tao,'' ("the way") and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJIA Dow Jones Industrial Average]<br />
<br />
'''gasper'''<br /><br />
cigarette<br />
<br />
'''E.S.T.'''<br /><br />
Eastern Standard Time<br />
<br />
'''medulla'''<br /><br />
literally that part of the brain responsible for autonomic functions like heartbeat, organ activity, etc.<br />
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==Page 184==<br />
<br />
'''I. M. Pei'''<br /><br />
Ieoh Ming Pei (born 1917) is a Chinese-born American architect who designed, among other famous buildings, MIT's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Building_%28MIT%29 Green Building].<br />
<br />
==Endnote 60==<br />
<br />
'''J. A. Stratton'''<br /><br />
Julius Adams Stratton (1901-1994) was an American educator and president of MIT between 1959 and 1965.<br />
<br />
==Page 184 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''cerebral cortex'''<br /><br />
that part of the brain responsible for higher-order thinking<br />
<br />
'''"...what she's said for three years of midnights..."'''<br /><br />
Up until 'Look at that fucker ''Dance,''' the rest of her introduction is from [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=9 Genesis 1].<br />
<br />
'''Largest Whole Prime On The FM Band'''<br /><br />
109 is a prime number, i.e., divisible only by itself and by 1. Actually the highest number you can get on FM is 108, and there are no whole numbers in FM radio in the U.S.<br />
<br />
'''EM'''<br /><br />
probably denoting "electromagnetic"<br />
<br />
'''centrifugal'''<br /><br />
that force in a spinning object that tends to push away objects from the angle of rotation<br />
<br />
'''Hundt Act'''<br /><br />
Reed E. Hundt (born 1948) was chairman of the Federal Communications Committee in 1996, when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was passed. Wallace may be riffing on that, as it appears there was no equivalent legislation in 1966.<br />
<br />
'''spatter's center'''<br /><br />
The spatter referred to here is probably the small amount of FM bands that can be sent out.<br />
<br />
'''inelastic'''<br /><br />
When used with regard to demand, this term means tending not to change.<br />
<br />
'''3-km. cannon'''<br /><br />
The range is about 1.86 miles.<br />
<br />
'''P.E.'''<br /><br />
Physical Education<br />
<br />
'''Philology'''<br /><br />
The study of literature or language.<br />
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==Page 185==<br />
<br />
'''hypogonadism'''<br /><br />
lack of function of the ovaries or testicles<br />
<br />
'''Nodular leprosy with leonine facies'''<br /><br />
a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy leprosy] that generates lesions made of nodes and that produces lion-like facial expressions (i.e., "leonine facies")<br />
<br />
'''The acromegalic and hyperkeratosistic. The enuretic.'''<br /><br />
Arcomegaly is a disorder of the pituitary gland whereby it produces too much human growth hormone, resulting in giantism. Hyperkeratosistic means that one is suffering from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperkeratosis hyperkeratosis]. Enuresis is the inability to urinate.<br />
<br />
'''The spasmodically torticollic.'''<br /><br />
having a head tilted to one side (torticollis) involving convulsions (spasmodic)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''transuranial metallurgist.'''<br /><br />
<br />
`transuranial' refers to the elements with atomic numbers greater than 92. <br />
<br />
'''G.S.L.'''<br /><br />
Guaranteed Student Loan<br />
<br />
'''treillage'''<br /><br />
latticework<br />
<br />
'''interneural'''<br /><br />
between nerves<br />
<br />
'''semitic ideograms'''<br /><br />
Semitic languages actually tend to be written uses alphabets, where a symbol denotes a phoneme, rather than in ideograms, like Chinese and Korean are. The oldest alphabet is the Phoenician, which was Semitic.0<br />
<br />
'''rostral lamina'''<br /><br />
in biology, a beaklike or snoutlike (rostral) layer of tissue (lamina)<br />
<br />
'''neuroform'''<br /><br />
Neuroform is actually the brand-name of a type of stent.<br />
<br />
'''S.O.P.'''<br /><br />
Standard Operating Procedure<br />
<br />
'''neorealist'''<br /><br />
adhering to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_neorealism Italian neorealism]<br />
<br />
'''Peterson/Broughton and Dali/Buñuel'''<br /><br />
[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0677403/ Sidney Peterson] and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112687/ James Broughton] collaborated on [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038855/ The Potted Psalm] (1946), an experimental film.<br />
<br />
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Púbol (1904-1989) and Luis Buñuel Portolés (1900-1983) were both Spanish artists. They collaborated on ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020530/ Un chien andalou]'' (''An Andalusian Dog'', 1929), another experimental film.<br />
<br />
'''Deren/Hammid'''<br /><br />
[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220305/ Maya Deren] and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352413/ Alexander Hammid] codirected [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036154/ Meshes of the Afternoon]<br />
<br />
'''Antonioni'''<br /><br />
Michelangelo Antonioni (1912-2007) was an Italian filmmaker probably most famous for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060176/ Blowup].<br />
<br />
'''Tarkovsky'''<br /><br />
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (1932-1986) was a Soviet-Russian filmmaker, most famous for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0176227/ Voyage in Time], made with Antonioni.<br />
<br />
'''Sometimes Ozu and Bresson'''<br /><br />
Yasujirō Ozu (1903-1963) was a Japanese filmmaker. Robert Bresson (1901-1999) was a French filmmaker.<br />
<br />
'''hoary dramaturgy'''<br /><br />
According to Wikipedia, dramaturgy is "the art of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama on the stage." To call it "hoary" would be to imply it's old.<br />
<br />
'''Sir Herbert Tree'''<br /><br />
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917) was a British actor and manager. You can hear his performances of ''Hamlet'' [http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/playhamlet.html here].<br />
<br />
'''Kaelesque'''<br /><br />
In the style of Pauline Kael (1919-2001), an American film critic for ''New Yorker'' magazine.<br />
<br />
'''De Palma, Tarantino'''<br /><br />
[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000361/ Brian De Palma] and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/ Quentin Tarantino]<br />
<br />
==Endnote 61==<br />
<br />
'''dissociative formalism'''<br /><br />
presumably [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formalist_film_theory formalism] that focuses too much on form and not enough on character and other aspects of filmmaking<br />
<br />
'''Stan Brakhage and Hollis Frampton'''<br /><br />
Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) and Hollis Frampton (1936-1984) were American avant-garde filmmakers.<br />
<br />
'''Beth B.'''<br /><br />
You can read about her [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0044579/ here].<br />
<br />
'''the Snow brothers, Vigdis Simpson'''<br /><br />
One of the Snow brothers would have to be Michael Snow (born 1929), a Canadian-American filmmaker, principally known for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_%281966_film%29 Wavelength]. Vigdis Simpson seems created.<br />
<br />
==Page 185 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''Brutalism, Found Drama'''<br /><br />
Brutalism may refer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalism brutalist architecture]. Found Drama is the cinematic extension of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_art Found Art].<br />
<br />
'''dissonant'''<br /><br />
inharmonious with other things (here, aspects of Madame Psychosis's taste)<br />
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==Page 186==<br />
<br />
'''Baraka'''<br /><br />
Imamu Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones, 1934) is an African-American poet, playwright, author, and political activist.<br />
<br />
'''piamater'''<br /><br />
actually two words: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pia_mater Pia mater]<br />
<br />
'''sulci'''<br /><br />
plural of "sulcus," a furrow or groove, particularly between sections of the brain<br />
<br />
'''A.Y. ('V.F.') Rickey's ''summum opus'''''<br /><br />
A.Y. "Vector Field" Rickey, as first referenced back in Endnote 3 as the architect of the cardioid E.T.A. buildings. Possibly named after [http://www.math.usma.edu/people/Rickey/ V. Frederick Rickey], a prominent mathematician. It is notable that there is, in fact, no Student Union building at MIT. <br />
<br />
The ''summum opus'' would be the "greatest work" while a ''magnum opus'' would be a "great work."<br />
<br />
'''parietooccipital'''<br /><br />
referring to both the parietal lobe of the brain, as well as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipital_lobe occipital] lobe, which is where vision is processed<br />
<br />
'''Pons and abducent'''<br /><br />
The Pons is a structure on the brain stem, while the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abducent_nerve abducens nerve] is a nerve in the muscles of the eye.<br />
<br />
'''basilar-stem artery'''<br /><br />
a stem of an artery that carries blood to the brain<br />
<br />
'''oblongata'''<br /><br />
the second half of the full name of the medulla<br />
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'''FHC'''<br /><br />
acronym for "fluorohydrocarbon," this is a type of [http://www.polymerplastics.com/fluoro_overview.shtml fluroplastic], known to give off poisonous fumes<br />
<br />
'''Heathkit'''<br /><br />
The company's Web site is [http://www.heathkit-museum.com/ here].<br />
<br />
'''10ºC'''<br /><br />
fifty degrees Fahrenheit<br />
<br />
'''five m.'''<br /><br />
almost 16.5 feet<br />
<br />
'''vascularly hued'''<br /><br />
colored like a blood vessel<br />
<br />
'''mercuric'''<br /><br />
employing the element [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element) mercury]<br />
<br />
'''wooferless'''<br /><br />
lacking the larger speaker (i.e., the "woofer") found in multi-speaker systems<br />
<br />
'''saddle-noses'''<br /><br />
noses having a collapsed nasal bridge<br />
<br />
'''atrophic'''<br /><br />
shrinking in size<br />
<br />
'''Scleredema adultorum'''<br /><br />
a [http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic385.htm disease] characterized by non-pitting induration of the skin<br />
<br />
'''serodermatotic'''<br /><br />
suffering from serodermatosis, a skin disease with serous effusion into the skin<br />
<br />
'''hydrocephalic'''<br /><br />
having water on the brain<br />
<br />
'''tabescent and chachetic'''<br /><br />
Tabescent refers to a person with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabes tabes dorsalis], and chachetic (probably misspelled) apparently refers to a person with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachexia cachexia]. <br />
<br />
'''Brag's-Diseased'''<br /><br />
This would seem to be a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioma glioma], though it is mentioned almost nowhere.<br />
<br />
'''carbuncular or steatocryptotic'''<br /><br />
Carbuncular means "pimply," while steatocryptotic refers to a person suffering from steatocryptosis, which is derangement of the sebaceous glands.<br />
<br />
'''Marin-Amat Syndrome'''<br /><br />
This is involuntary closure on one eye, named for Manuel Marin Amat, an early 20th century Spanish ophthalmologist.<br />
<br />
'''scrofulodermic'''<br /><br />
suffering from [http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic434.htm cutaneous tuberculosis]<br />
<br />
'''Bell-shaped steatopygiacs'''<br /><br />
A steatopygiac is a person suffering from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steatopygia steatopygia]; if you're bell-shaped, it just means the fat is closer to the bottom than the top<br />
<br />
'''Pityriasis Rosea'''<br /><br />
a skin disease marked by patches of pink, oval rash<br />
<br />
'''"Blessed are the poor in body, for they."'''<br /><br />
This is not one of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatitude Beatitudes].<br />
<br />
'''U.H.I.D.'''<br /><br />
Union of the Hideously and Improbably Deformed<br />
<br />
'''probability waves for subhadronics'''<br /><br />
Probability waves are a concept in quantum physics that expresses the probability that "a particle or particles in a particular state will be measured to have a given position and momentum" (Wikipedia). Subhadronic refers to a particle smaller than a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadron hadron].<br />
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==Page 188==<br />
<br />
'''Radcliffe's Bunting Institute'''<br /><br />
Radcliffe is the women's college at Harvard University. According to the Harvard [http://www.harvard.edu/ Web site], "The Bunting Institute is a mutidisciplinary center for women scholars, writers, artists, and activists of demonstrated achievement and promise. Each year, approximately 40 women pursue projects that make significant contributions to their fields, working in a community that fosters interdisciplinary discourse, and creative and intellectual leadership. Some describe their experience as "the Bunting transformation."<br />
<br />
'''L.A.S. tradition'''<br /><br />
Liberal Arts and Sciences<br />
<br />
==Endnote 64==<br />
<br />
'''Samuel Johnson'''<br /><br />
Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1709-1784), was a British poet, essayist, novelist, literary critic, and lexicographer.<br />
<br />
'''Beesley'''<br /><br />
Patricia Beesley, an early 20th century American educator who did author the book named.<br />
<br />
'''cornup3.COM'''<br /><br />
There is no such Web site.<br />
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==Page 188 (cont'd)==<br />
'''''mens-sana'' pedagogy'''<br /><br />
"healthy-mind" teaching<br />
<br />
'''''ad valorem'''''<br /><br />
Latin: by value<br />
<br />
'''''corpore potis'''''<br /><br />
Latin: able of body<br />
<br />
'''Thorp's Trigonometry of Cubes'''<br /><br />
Edward Oakley Thorp (born 1932) is an American mathematician, but he seems not to have created a "trigonometry of cubes," which would be, frankly, impossible.<br />
<br />
'''aphotic to apochromatic'''<br /><br />
Aphotic means without light, while apochromatic means developing color.<br />
<br />
'''Best Boy'''<br /><br />
a member of a film crew, assistant to either the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaffer_%28motion_picture_industry%29 gaffer] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_grip key grip]<br />
<br />
'''Cambridgeport'''<br /><br />
an area of Cambridge, Mass.<br />
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==Page 189==<br />
<br />
'''leukodermatic'''<br /><br />
white-skinned<br />
<br />
'''xanthodantic'''<br /><br />
misspelling of xanthodontic, which means yellow-toothed<br />
<br />
'''basilisk-breathed and pyorrheic'''<br /><br />
A basilisk is a type of dragon, and pyorrhea is the condition of having gum disease.<br />
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==Page 190==<br />
<br />
'''peronic or teratoidal'''<br /><br />
Peronic probably means having a bent penis (from ''Peyronies'' disease), while teratoidal means malformed.<br />
<br />
'''phrenologically malformed'''<br /><br />
malformed in the shape of the skull<br />
<br />
'''supuratively lesioned'''<br /><br />
having lesions that ooze pus<br />
<br />
'''acervulus-nosed'''<br /><br />
having blisters on the nose<br />
<br />
'''radically -ectomied'''<br /><br />
-having to do with body-part removal (think radical mastectomy)<br />
<br />
'''diaphoretic'''<br /><br />
perspiring<br />
<br />
'''granulomatous'''<br /><br />
having masses of ulcerated infections of the skin<br />
<br />
'''lazarettes and oubliettes'''<br /><br />
A lazarette is a hospital that treats infectious diseases, while an oubliette is a dungeon accessible only by trapdoor.<br />
<br />
'''kyphotic and lordotic'''<br /><br />
Kyphotic means having abnormal rear curvature of the spine (i.e., hunchbacked), while lordotic having abnormal forward curvature of the spine.<br />
<br />
'''cellulitic'''<br /><br />
Having cellulite, i.e., deposits of subcutaneous fat within fibrous connective tissue (as in the thighs, hips, and buttocks) that give a puckered and dimpled appearance to the skin surface ([http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cellulite Merriam-Webster])<br />
<br />
'''fatally pulchritudinous'''<br /><br />
deadly good-looking<br />
<br />
'''Actaeonizing'''<br /><br />
Reference to the story of Actaeon - "In the version that was offered by the Hellenistic poet Callimachus (Hymn v), which has become the standard setting, Artemis was bathing in the woods when the hunter Actaeon stumbled across her, thus seeing her naked. He stopped and stared, amazed at her ravishing beauty. Once seen, Actaeon was punished by Artemis: she forbade him speech — if he tried to speak, he would be changed into a stag — for the unlucky profanation of her virginity's mystery. Upon hearing the call of his hunting party, he cried out to them and immediately was changed into a stag. His own hounds then turned upon him and tore him to pieces, not recognizing him." ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actaeon Wikipedia])<br />
<br />
'''Medusoid'''<br /><br />
looking like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon gorgon]<br />
<br />
'''papuled, the macular, the albinic'''<br /><br />
Papules are inflammatory elevations of the skin. Macular means having opaque spots on the cornea. Albinic is having no melanin.<br />
<br />
'''''odalisques'''''<br /><br />
a concubine or slave in a harem<br />
<br />
'''ital'''<br /><br />
italics, used for emphasis<br />
<br />
'''crosiers'''<br /><br />
a crosier is a type of French roll<br />
<br />
'''lager'''<br /><br />
a type of beer, medium in darkness<br />
<br />
'''vin blanc'''<br /><br />
French: white wine<br />
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==Page 191==<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Y.D.P.A.U.]]<br />
<br />
'''''Good Morning, Midnight'' and ''Maggie: A Girl of the Streets'' and ''Giovanni's Room'' and ''Under the Volcano'''''<br /><br />
''Good Morning, Midnight'' is a novel by Jean Rhys (1890-1979), born Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams, a Caribbean novelist, on the topic of a woman forced to confront her own loneliness and despair. ''Maggie: A Girl of the Streets'' is a novel by Stephen Crane (1871-1900), an American novelist, on the topic of a child prostitute. ''Giovanni's Room'' by African-American expatriate author James Arthur Baldwin (1924-1987) is a novel on the topic of a young man coming to terms with his homosexuality. ''Under the Volcano'' is a novel by Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957), a British writer, on the topic of alcoholism.<br />
<br />
'''Bret Ellis'''<br /><br />
Bret Easton Ellis (born 1965) is an American novelist probably best known for ''Less Than Zero'' (1985), about a drug addict who turns to prostitution, and ''American Psycho'' (1991), about a serial killer.<br />
<br />
'''van der Rohe'''<br /><br />
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) was a German-born American architect.<br />
<br />
==Endnote 66==<br />
<br />
'''R.E.M. and Pearl Jam'''<br /><br />
R.E.M.'s lead singer, Michael Stipe, was famous for his unintelligible lyrics until around 1987's ''Document''. Pearl Jam's vocalist, Eddie Vedder, is as cryptic now as he was fifteen years ago, when they released their first record.<br />
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==Page 191 (cont'd)==<br />
<br />
'''wall- and cross-eyed'''<br /><br />
To be wall-eyed is to suffer from exotropia, which is a form of ocular paralysis in which one or both eyes turn outward.<br />
<br />
'''ergotic of St. Anthony'''<br /><br />
An old name for ergot poisoning is "St. Anthony's fire," which is ergot poisoning. However, given the context, Wallace may be referring here to shingles.<br />
<br />
'''varicelliformally eruptive'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eczema_herpeticum eczema due to herpes].<br />
<br />
'''sarcoma'd of Kaposi'''<br /><br />
Karposi's sarcoma is a usually benign skin cancer common in elderly Mediterranean men that has become the most easily identifiable visible symptom of AIDS.<br />
<br />
'''M. Hamilton as Oz's West Witch'''<br /><br />
Referring to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/ The Wizard of Oz], the Wicked Witch of the West (and East) was played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002121/ Margaret Hamilton].<br />
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==Page 192==<br />
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[[Image:RCA.jpg|right]]<br />
<br />
'''RCA-Victorish'''<br /><br />
The image can be seen to the right.<br />
<br />
'''snaggle-toothed'''<br /><br />
having a broken or projecting tooth<br />
<br />
'''wattled'''<br /><br />
having flesh hanging from one's chin, like a turkey<br />
<br />
'''lycanthropically'''<br /><br />
in a way suggesting a werewolf<br />
<br />
'''Tourettic'''<br /><br />
suffering from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette%27s_Syndrome Tourette's syndrome]<br />
<br />
'''teratoid'''<br /><br />
resembling a monster<br />
<br />
'''halitotic'''<br /><br />
having bad breath<br />
<br />
'''saurian- and equine-looking'''<br /><br />
looking like a lizard or horse, respectively<br />
<br />
'''invaginate'''<br /><br />
sheathed<br />
<br />
'''Cushing's Disease'''<br /><br />
Named for Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939), an American neurologist, this disease is an endocrine disorder resulting in rapid weight gain, sweating, thinning of skin, and other negative side effects.<br />
<br />
'''Rhinoplasty'''<br /><br />
nose job<br />
<br />
'''subdural'''<br /><br />
below the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dura_mater dura mater] in the skull<br />
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==Page 193==<br />
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'''les bâtiments sanctifíes'''<br /><br />
French: the holy buildings<br />
<br />
'''''Metropolis'''''<br /><br />
a 1927 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/ film] directed by Fritz Lang<br />
<br />
=Layout of the Enfield Marine Public Health Hospital complex=<br />
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==Page 193==<br />
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'''VA'''<br /><br />
the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs<br />
<br />
==Page 194==<br />
<br />
'''solvent'''<br /><br />
i.e., financially solvent<br />
<br />
'''methadone'''<br /><br />
a drug used to wean heroin addicts off that drug and onto methadone, which is equally addictive but produces no "high"<br />
<br />
'''methedrine'''<br /><br />
the brand name of methamphetamine<br />
<br />
'''New Bedford'''<br /><br />
a city of Massachusetts, about 50 miles south of Boston<br />
<br />
==Page 195==<br />
<br />
''''Vette'''<br /><br />
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette Chevrolet Corvette]<br />
<br />
'''ornithology'''<br /><br />
the study of birds<br />
<br />
'''aminating'''<br /><br />
introducing an amino acid into something<br />
<br />
'''shiv'''<br /><br />
an improvised prison weapon used for stabbing<br />
<br />
==Page 196==<br />
<br />
'''LTIs'''<br /><br />
Long-Term Illnesses<br />
<br />
==Endnote 67==<br />
<br />
'''The Unexamined Life tavern'''<br /><br />
Socrates said that the unexamined life is not worth living in ''Apology''.<br />
<br />
'''parasolled'''<br /><br />
having an umbrella on or in it<br />
<br />
'''Mudslides'''<br /><br />
a type of [http://drinkoftheweek.com/archive/m/mudslide.htm drink]<br />
<br />
''''objay darts''''<br /><br />
a bastardized form of ''objets d'arts'', French for "objects of art"<br />
<br />
'''catatonic'''<br /><br />
relating to catatonia, a neurogenic motor immobility arising from a disturbed mental state (resulting in little or no movement in the sufferer)<br />
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==Page 197==<br />
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'''mansard'''<br /><br />
This is "a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').<br />
<br />
'''Clorets'''<br /><br />
a brand name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clorets popular gum]<br />
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==Page 158==<br />
<br />
'''swinishest'''<br /><br />
most swinish, i.e., most pig-like<br />
<br />
'''sodding'''<br /><br />
a pejorative intensifier, chiefly British in usage<br />
<br />
'''fingerling'''<br /><br />
something very small<br />
<br />
'''the Beats'''<br /><br />
members of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beats Beat generation]<br />
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==Page 159==<br />
<br />
[[Image:Mercury.jpg|right]]<br />
<br />
'''1956 Mercury Montclair'''<br /><br />
See right, though Incandenza's father's car is "bit-lip red."<br />
<br />
'''nubbly'''<br /><br />
full of small protuberances<br />
<br />
'''sinew'''<br /><br />
another word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinew tendon] or ligament<br />
<br />
'''parping'''<br /><br />
According to the ''OED'', a parp is a honking sound; parping is defined as causing something (as a car horn) to parp.<br />
<br />
'''Head is body.'''<br /><br />
Incandenza's father is expressing a non-Cartesian point of view. René Descartes (1596-1650), the French polymath, separated the mind (''res cogitans'') from the body (''res extensa'').<br />
<br />
'''rutilant'''<br /><br />
bright red<br />
<br />
'''''Latrodectus mactans'''''<br /><br />
Southern black widow, a highly venomous species of spider<br />
<br />
==Page 160==<br />
<br />
'''actuating'''<br /><br />
putting into action<br />
<br />
'''Nein?'''<br /><br />
German: No?<br />
<br />
'''tiller'''<br /><br />
what turns the rudder to steer a boat<br />
<br />
==Page 161==<br />
<br />
'''pronator teres'''<br /><br />
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronator_teres_muscle muscle] of the forearm<br />
<br />
==Page 162==<br />
<br />
'''whorled'''<br /><br />
having whorls, i.e., coiled and spiral shapes<br />
<br />
==Page 163==<br />
<br />
'''flying sod'''<br /><br />
He's referring to divots, i.e., bits of the fairway that get torn up when a golf ball is hit.<br />
<br />
'''anal rage'''<br /><br />
He's probably referring to anal-retentive rage, rather than rage specifically located in the anus.<br />
<br />
==Page 164==<br />
<br />
'''DeSotos'''<br /><br />
a brand of automobile, examples of which can be seen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto_%28automobile%29 here]<br />
<br />
'''hove'''<br /><br />
past tense of heave<br />
<br />
'''lox'''<br /><br />
possibly abbreviated form of lummox ("clumsy or stupid person") as neither "smoked salmon" or "liquid oxygen" fit <br />
<br />
'''gregariously'''<br /><br />
in a sociable manner<br />
<br />
==Page 165==<br />
<br />
'''Himself'''<br /><br />
Note that Incandenza's father calls his own father by the same nickname as Incandenza's children call him.<br />
<br />
'''''senza errori'''''<br /><br />
Italian: Without errors<br />
<br />
'''veldt'''<br /><br />
From Afrikaans, this is a word for an open field with grass, bushes, etc.<br />
<br />
'''deft'''<br /><br />
quick and skillful<br />
<br />
'''President'''<br /><br />
here referring to Franklin Roosevelt<br />
<br />
'''lattice'''<br /><br />
This is "a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips" (''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'').<br />
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==Page 166==<br />
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==Page 167==<br />
<br />
'''Bisbee'''<br /><br />
a city of Arizona, 82 miles south of Tucson<br />
<br />
'''Dean'''<br /><br />
probably referring to [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000015/ James Dean]<br />
<br />
==Page 168==<br />
<br />
'''inertia'''<br /><br />
resistance of an object to a change in its state of motion or rest.<br />
<br />
'''scabrous'''<br /><br />
having a rough surface because of minute points or projections<br />
<br />
'''mortified'''<br /><br />
having undergone mortification of the flesh, i.e., abuse of the body by oneself as a form of penance''<br />
<br />
'''USC'''<br /><br />
the [http://www.usc.edu/ University of Southern California]<br />
<br />
'''Avalon'''<br /><br />
probably [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000811/ Frankie Avalon]<br />
<br />
==Page 169==<br />
<br />
=November 4th, YDAU - Pemulis Scores DMZ=<br />
<br />
==Page 169==<br />
<br />
'''Latinate'''<br /><br />
suggestive in style of the ancient Romans<br />
<br />
'''Inman Square'''<br /><br />
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inman_Square square] in Cambridge named for colonial merchant Ralph Inman<br />
<br />
'''Brioni'''<br /><br />
a high-fashion clothes company<br />
<br />
'''Mr. Howell'''<br /><br />
''Gilligan's Island'' character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston_Howell Thurston J. Howell, III]<br />
<br />
'''rakish'''<br /><br />
jaunty or dashing<br />
<br />
==Page 170==<br />
<br />
'''oxfords'''<br /><br />
formal shoes with laces<br />
<br />
'''nacelle'''<br /><br />
the enclosed part of an airplane, where the engine is housed<br />
<br />
'''DMZ'''<br /><br />
Most commonly, this acronym stands for "demilitarized zone," as in the area between North and South Korea. Here it is a made-up drug name.<br />
<br />
'''MED.COM'''<br /><br />
not a real Web site<br />
<br />
'''mescaline'''<br /><br />
Mescaline is the active ingredient in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyote peyote].<br />
<br />
'''TMA'''<br /><br />
an acronym for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimethoxyamphetamine trimethoxyamphetamine]<br />
<br />
'''DOM or STP'''<br /><br />
STP stands for "serenity, tranquity, and peace," and it's a pseudonym for DOM, which stands for dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine.<br />
<br />
'''DMT'''<br /><br />
acronym for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyltryptamine dimethyltryptamine<br />
<br />
'''Ololiuqui or datura's scopolamine, or Fluothane, or Bufotenine (a.k.a. 'Jackie-O.'), or Ebene'''<br /><br />
Ololiuqui is a type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ololiuqui morning glory] plants, the seeds of which are known to be hallucinogenic. Datura's scopolamine is another name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine hyoscine]. Fluothane is an inhaled general anesthetic. Bufotenine is an alternate spelling of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufotenine bufotenin] and is the active ingredient in the skin of toads that cause hallucinations when licked. (I have no idea why it's called "Jackie-O.") Ebene is a South American tree that yields a hallucinogen used in rituals.<br />
<br />
'''miscegenation'''<br /><br />
interbreeding between different races<br />
<br />
==Endnote 56==<br />
<br />
'''PMA'''<br /><br />
acronym for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para-Methoxyamphetamine paramethoxyamphetamine]<br />
<br />
'''myristicin'''<br /><br />
Found in the essential oil of nutmeg. In addition to a semi-conscious state, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myristicin#Uses myristicin] also has been known to induce psychoactive effects such as visual distortions.<br />
<br />
'''ergine'''<br /><br />
Also called LSA, it's found in morning glory seeds<br />
<br />
'''ibogaine'''<br /><br />
Ibogaine is a naturally occurring psychoactive substance found in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabernanthe_iboga Tabernanthe iboga]. Ibogaine-containing preparations have a history of medicinal and ritual use within Africa and are controversially used to treat narcotics addiction.<br />
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'''yagé's harmaline'''<br /><br />
Yagé is the native name for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banisteriopsis_caapi banisteria]. Harmaline is the active ingredient.<br />
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'''fitviavi'''<br /><br />
apparently a coined word<br />
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'''''Tibetan-Dead-Book'''''<br /><br />
better known as the [http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/dead/ Tibetan Book of the Dead]<br />
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'''Futurist'''<br /><br />
referring to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism_%28art%29 Italian Futurism], an art movement on the early 20th century<br />
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'''chemist at Sandoz Pharm.'''<br /><br />
This would be Albert Hoffman (born 1906), a Swiss scientist best known for first synthesizing LSD.<br />
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'''Alan Watts'''<br /><br />
Alan Wilson Watts (1915-1973) was a British-born philosopher and writer in the field of comparative religion.<br />
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'''T. Leary'''<br /><br />
Timothy Francis Leary (1920-1996) was an American writer and psychologist best known as an advocate for regular LSD use.<br />
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'''Millbrook NY'''<br /><br />
a town in New York state, about 90 miles north of New York City<br />
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'''WYYY'''<br /><br />
actually a radio station in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYYY Syracuse, New York]<br />
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'''Riverside ''Hamlet'''''<br /><br />
The ''Riverside Shakespeare'' is one of the better-known editions of Shakespeare's work. Note that Hal, who is based on the character Hamlet, is reading ''Hamlet''.<br />
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'''the minor and soft-core Alexandrian mosaic'''<br /><br />
i.e. Byzantine erotica (cf. 29, 36)<br />
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'''''Consummation of the Levirates'''''<br /><br />
A levirate is a man called up to marry his elder brother's childless widow, in accordance with Jewish Law. In the Bible, Onan was punished for not consummating his Levirate marriage (he pulled out and spilled his seed).[http://infinitesummer.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=302] <br />
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'''''Baron's'''''<br /><br />
a (probably deliberate) misspelling of [http://online.barrons.com/public/main Barron's]<br />
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'''''Tilden on Spin'''''<br><br />
The book by William Tatem "Big Bill" Tilden II (1893-1953), American tennis giant, is actually entitled ''Match Play and the Spin of the Ball''.<br />
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=April, YY2007MRCVMETIUFIITP SFH,O,OM (s) - ''TENNIS AND THE FERAL PRODIGY''=<br />
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[[Subsidized Time|Year of the Yushityu...]]<br />
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'''bafflegab'''<br +><br />
intentionally misleading language<br />
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'''stevedore'''<br /><br />
a person who loads and unloads cargo from boats<br />
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'''40 km.'''<br /><br />
almost 25 miles<br />
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'''''Schnell'''''<br /><br />
German: Quickly (or more likely in this case: "Hustle")<br />
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'''formants and fricatives, trochaically stressed'''<br /><br />
A formant is, according to Wikipedia, "a peak in an acoustic frequency spectrum which results from the resonant frequencies of any acoustic system." A fricative is a phoneme produced by forcing air through tight lips. In English, fricatives are /s/, /z/, /th/, and /zh/. Trochaically means spoken in trochees, or a metrical foot on two syllables with the stress on the first (the word "trochee" is a trochee).<br />
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'''aperture'''<br /><br />
An aperture is an opening through which light travels. A tight aperture means better focus.<br />
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'''''8 1/2'''''<br /><br />
a film by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000019/ Federico Fellini]<br />
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'''intensile'''<br /><br />
incapable of being stretched<br />
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'''Noxzema'''<br /><br />
a skin cleaner marketed by Procter & Gamble<br />
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'''Contracol'''<br /><br />
not a drug currently marketed in the U.S.<br />
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'''Epsom salts'''<br /><br />
Magnesium sulfate, used to relieve pain, among other uses.<br />
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=November 4th, YDAU - Pat Montesian's Drop-in-hours=<br />
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'''Higher Power'''<br /><br />
Most twelve-step drug or alcohol recovery programs teach a belief in God or a "Higher Power" (the latter to soften the blow to atheists).<br />
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'''Kemp and Limbaugh'''<br /><br />
Jack French Kemp, Jr. (1935-2009), was a conservative American politician, former member of the House of Representative, former Secretary for Housing and Urban Development, and 1996 Republican candidate for Vice President.<br />
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Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born 1951) is a conservative radio talk-show host.<br />
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'''formication'''<br /><br />
medical term for the sensation of insects crawling on or under the skin<br />
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'''magnaminously'''<br /><br />
a (probably deliberate) misspelling of "magnanimously," i.e., generously<br />
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'''the Fenway'''<br /><br />
the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenway-Kenmore Fenway-Kenmore] section of Boston<br />
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'''septum'''<br /><br />
more specifically, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_septum nasal septum]<br />
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'''harelip'''<br /><br />
also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harelip cleft lip] or cleft palate<br />
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'''doocy'''<br /><br />
As in the same Tommy Doocey already introduced; the harelipped pot dealer in the trailer park with the smelly snakes.<br />
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'''2% proof'''<br /><br />
Redundant because "proof" is an expression of alcohol content. Doubling the alcohol percentage gives you proof, i.e., 2% alcohol is 4 proof.<br />
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