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=☽ Notes and Errata=
==Page 983== ===Endnote 3===
'''cardioid'''<br />
Brandeis is a Jewish-founded university in Waltham, Mass., about nine miles west of Boston, named for Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941) the first Jewish Supreme Court justice.
===Endnote 5===
'''N.B.'''<br />
abbreviation for Latin ''nota bene'', i.e., "note well," stated before an important example or corollary point
===Endnote 5a===
'''nystagmus'''<br />
talkativeness
===Endnote 6===
'''Halcion (still available in Canada, unbelievably, still)'''<br />
It's also still available here, though the U.K. has banned it since 1991.
==Page 984== ===Endnote 7===
'''bevelling'''<br />
Here meaning "smoothed out" and misspelled, beveling is the making of 45º angles where perpendiculars meet.
===Endnote 8=== ===Endnote 8a=== '''Muscimole'''<br />another mushroom-based hallucinogen, like psilocybin '''DDMS'''<br />dibromododecenyl methylsulfimide '''DMSO'''<br />dimethylsulfoxide ===Endnote 8 (cont'd)===
'''dickies'''<br />
DMZ is another made-up drug. M.P. refers to its street name, Madame Psychosis.
===Endnote 12a8a=== '''Muscimole'''<br />another mushroom-based hallucinogen, like psilocybin '''DDMS'''<br />dibromododecenyl methylsulfimide '''DMSO'''<br />dimethylsulfoxide ==Endnote 12a==
'''"...Continental Controlled Substances Act of Y.T.M.P., O.N.A.N.D.E.A.'s hierarchy of analgesics/antipyretics/axiolytics..."'''<br />
There is no such act, obviously. Y.T.M.P. is [[Subsidized Time|Year of the Tucks Medicated Pad]]. The second acronym is Organization of North American Nations Drug Enforcement Agency. Analgesics are painkillers. Antipyretics are fever-reducing drugs, and anxiolytics are anxiety-reducing drugs.
===Endnote 13===
'''Quo Vadis'''<br />
Latin: Where are you going? Famously asked of Jesus by Peter when the former was on his way to be crucified. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quo_vadis here.] Also a novel and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043949/ film] by that name were made.
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===Endnote 17===
'''datum'''<br />
piece of information
===Endnote 19===
French: A person of terrible importance
===Endnote 21===
'''Q.v.'''<br />
Latin abbreviation for ''quod vide'' ("which see"), used to direct a reader elsewhere in a book. Here we are directed to...
===Endnote 23===
'''U.S.D.D.'''<br />
United States Department of Defense
===Endnote 24===
'''meniscus'''<br/>
a lens with a crescent-shaped section
An arrangement of mirrors for reflecting sunlight from a distant point to an observation station.</br>
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'''suborn'''<br />
a male demon that seduces female humans
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'''glycerine'''<br />
Pyrocow
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