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Pre-dawn, May 1st, YDAU - Steeply & Marathe on the Pleasure Center

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stereotaxy
also known as "stereotaxis," this is three-dimensional brain imaging

Elder, Elders
James Olds, co-discovered the "pleasure center"

plutonium-239
a fissile isotope of plutonium

ablative surgery

a treatment for neurological disorders involving freezing or burning of brain tissue

Page 471

Q-dopa
not a real neurotransmitter

Page 472

MK-Ultra
an actual CIA mind-control experiment starting in the 1950s and continuing well into the 1960s and possibly 70s

Endnote 198

Orlikow et al. v. United States of America
This was a real case, and you can read the proceedings here.

Page 472 (cont'd)

G.C.
Government of Canada, perhaps

M.M.P.I.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a commonly administered psychological test designed to give an overview of personality, neuroses, etc.

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Millon's
the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III, another psych inventory

Approception
apparently not a real test

shiatsu
a type of Asian massage

weal
prosperity or happiness

Turner, Bush, Casey
Admiral Stansfield Turner was head of the CIA from 1977 to 1981. George H.W. Bush (later President) was CIA head from 1976 to 1977. William J. Casey was head from 1981 to 1987.

Langley
the town in Virginia where the CIA is headquartered

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divans
couches or sofas

rutting
heat, i.e., sexual excitement

N.S.A.
National Security Agency

C7
The C7 is a modified version of the American M-16 combat rifle. It's implied here that C7 was some kind of security apparatus, but there is no evidence that such a body existed.

Page 475

Gately Driving / Antitoi Brothers

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princess-and-pea
a reference to the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea," wherein despite several mattresses, a princess can still feel a single pea below her

cluster migraines
Cluster headaches and migraines are actually two distinct syndromes.

feldspar
a rock-forming mineral

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E.R.
Emergency Room

CITGO
one of the major oil companies

70 kph.
about 43.5 miles per hour

CVS
a large chain of drugstores

75 k
about 46.6 miles per hour

ς
the Greek letter sigma as it appears in lower case at the ends of words

mysticetously
in the manner of a baleen whale

cognomen
a descriptive nickname

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tallboys

tall 24oz aluminum cans (usually of beer)

80 kph
almost 50 miles per hour

Berklee School of Music
a real school, one of the highest-prestige music schools in the U.S.

Page 478

Endnote 202

Escherian
referring to the work of Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher (1898-1972), a Dutch graphic artist

Page 478 (cont'd)

slalom
to zigzag between obstacles

Page 479

bodegas
a Spanish-owned grocery

crèche
a nativity scene

propinquous
Probably what's intended is "propinquitous," meaning "proximity" or "nearness."

Chickens Fresh Killed Daily
a reference to the prominent 'Live Poultry Fresh Killed' sign of the Mayflower Poultry Company at 621 Cambridge St, East Cambridge about a half a mile from Inman Square. http://bostonist.com/2007/09/07/mayflower_poult.php

Ryle's Jazz Club
a reference to Ryles Jazz Club (no apostrophe) in Inman Square, Cambridge at 212 Hampshire Street. http://www.rylesjazz.com/

briar pipes
a type of pipe for smoking

60 k
about 37.3 miles per hour

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MF
Millennial Fizzy

aerodyne
a heavier-than-air aircraft deriving lift from motion

viz.
abbreviation for videlicet (Latin)

CQBC
not a real entity, but probably here denoting a French-Canadian radio station

monomitotic
"Mitosis" is cell division; "monomitosis" would be the splitting of a cell into a single cell, i.e., not splitting.G

Gaspé Peninsula
a region in northern Québec

chiens-courants
French: running dogs

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U.S.A. 91
Interstate 91, which runs from New Haven, Conn, to Derby Line, Vt., at the Canadian border

Bellow's Falls VT
a town off Route 91, about 70 miles west of Manchester, N.H.

paisley
a popular design originating in Scotland

Nehru jacket
A collarless jacket named for Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), first Prime Minister of India and father of Indira Gandhi

école-spéciale
French: special school

Va chier, putain!
French: Piss off, whore!

trop formidable
French: too strong

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Basel
a city of Switzerland about 50 miles north of the capital of Bern

tu-sais-quoi
French: you know what

impost
something imposed, as a tax or duty

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Endnote 204

Saprogenic
of or pertaining to putrefaction or rotting

Page 483 (cont'd)

illicit
illegal

IL NE FAUT PLUS QU'ON PURSUIVE LE BONHEUR
French: It is no longer necessary to pursue happiness

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125-kilo
about 276 lbs

ROPAS
Spanish: CLOTHES

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union-suit underwear
one-piece long undergarments

stelliform
in the form of a star

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baguette
a long roll of French bread

cerise
deep red to purple in color

'n soir, 'sieur
an elision of bon soir, monsieur, i.e., "Goodnight, sir" in French

'Malhereusement, ton collégue est décedé. It faisait une excellente soupe aus pois.'
French: Sadly, your friend is dead. He made an excellent pea soup.

on p. 425, Marathe outlined a hypothetical in which two people both wanted a Habitant soupe aus pois that belonged to someone who had recently died

'Non? Ou c'était toi, faisait-elle?'
French: No? Or was it you that made it?

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wangs
slaps or bangs against

frère
French: brother

sphincter
Any muscle in ring form, here it means the anus, which has failed Lucien by allowing him to soil himself

ne pas plaisanter
French: not pleasure

iront paître
French: they will go to eat

entend-il?
French: Does he hear?

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inutile
French: useless

natal
like a baby's

aphonia
absence of sound

muskie
short for "muskellunge," a type of fish

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