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

==Page 470==

'''stereotaxy'''<br />
also known as "stereotaxis," this is three-dimensional brain imaging

'''Elder, Elders'''<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Olds James Olds], co-discovered the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_center#Experiments_on_rodents "pleasure center"]

'''plutonium-239'''<br />
a fissile isotope of plutonium

'''ablative surgery'''<br />

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

==Page 471==

'''Q-dopa'''<br />
not a real neurotransmitter

==Page 472==

'''MK-Ultra''' <br />
an actual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKULTRA 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'''''<br />
This was a real case, and you can read the proceedings [http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/orli-01.htm here].

==Page 472 (cont'd)==

'''G.C.'''<br />
Government of Canada, perhaps

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

==Page 473==

'''Millon's'''<br />
the [http://millon.net/instruments/MCMI_III.htm Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III], another psych inventory

'''Approception'''<br />
apparently not a real test

'''shiatsu'''<br />
a type of Asian massage

'''weal'''<br />
prosperity or happiness

'''Turner, Bush, Casey'''<br />
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'''<br />
the town in Virginia where the CIA is headquartered

==Page 474==

'''divans'''<br />
couches or sofas

'''rutting'''<br />
heat, i.e., sexual excitement

'''N.S.A.'''<br />
National Security Agency

'''C7'''<br />
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=

==Page 475==

'''princess-and-pea'''<br />
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'''<br />
Cluster headaches and migraines are actually two distinct syndromes.

'''feldspar'''<br />
a rock-forming mineral

==Page 476==

'''E.R.'''<br />
Emergency Room

'''Rebel Yell'''<br />
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_yell battle cry] used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War

'''CITGO'''<br />
one of the [http://www.citgo.com/Home.jsp major oil] companies. The neon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citgo_sign#The_Citgo_sign Citgo sign] described here is an iconic landmark in Boston.

'''70 kph.'''<br />
about 43.5 miles per hour

'''Father & Son Market...Riley's Roast Beef'''<br />
all of these are references to actual stores and clubs in Allston/Brighton, though many have closed or been renamed and some are on nearby streets and would not be visible to Gately as he drives down Comm. Ave.

'''CVS'''<br />
a large chain of [http://www.cvs.com/ drugstores]

'''75 k'''<br />
about 46.6 miles per hour

'''ς'''<br />
the Greek letter ''sigma'' as it appears in lower case at the ends of words

'''mysticetously'''<br />
in the manner of a baleen whale

'''cognomen'''<br />
a descriptive nickname

==Page 477==

'''tallboys'''<br />

tall 24oz aluminum cans (usually of beer)

'''80 kph'''<br />
almost 50 miles per hour

'''Berklee School of Music'''<br />
a real school, one of the highest-prestige [http://www.berklee.edu/ music schools] in the U.S.

==Page 478==

'''tonic machines'''<br />
"tonic" is a (rapidly disappearing) Boston area term for carbonated soft drinks.

==Endnote 202==

'''argot'''<br />
slang, jargon

'''Escherian'''<br />
referring to the work of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher] (1898-1972), a Dutch graphic artist famous for his illustrations of repeated patterns and impossible structures. "Escherian signs" would seem to indicate signs that are confusing or impossible to follow.

==Page 478 (cont'd)==

'''Bread & Circus in Inman Square'''<br />
a real health food store on Prospect Street in Cambridge between Central and Inman Squares. The Bread & Circus chain was bought by Whole Foods, so this store is now operating as a Whole Foods.

'''slalom'''<br />
to zigzag between obstacles

==Page 479==

'''bodegas'''<br />
a Spanish-owned grocery

'''crèche'''<br />
a nativity scene

'''propinquous'''<br />
Probably what's intended is "propinquitous," meaning "proximity" or "nearness."

'''Chickens Fresh Killed Daily'''<br />
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'''<br />
a reference to Ryles Jazz Club (no apostrophe) in Inman Square, Cambridge at 212 Hampshire Street. http://www.rylesjazz.com/

'''briar pipes'''<br />
a type of pipe for [http://www.tinderboxinternational.com/briar.htm smoking]

'''60 k'''<br />
about 37.3 miles per hour

==Page 480==

'''MF'''<br />
Millennial Fizzy

'''aerodyne'''<br />
a heavier-than-air aircraft deriving lift from motion

'''viz.'''<br />
abbreviation for ''videlicet'' (Latin)

'''CQBC'''<br />
not a real entity, but probably here denoting a French-Canadian radio station

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

'''Gaspé Peninsula'''<br />
a [http://www.great-adventures.com/destinations/canada/gaspe.html region] in northern Québec

'''U.S.A. Civic War hero's Boylston St. statue'''<br />
probably a reference to the statue of [http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0008123.htm Col. Thomas Cass] in Boston's Public Garden facing Boylston Street.

'''''chiens-courants'''''<br />
French: running dogs, hounds

==Page 481==

'''Van Buskirk of Montreal'''<br />
appears to be a fictional glass company

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

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

'''paisley'''<br />
a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_%28design%29 popular design] originating in Scotland

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

'''''école-spéciale'''''<br />
French: special school

'''''Va chier, putain!'''''<br />
French: Piss off, whore!

'''trop formidable'''<br />
French: too strong

==Page 482==

'''Basel'''<br />
a city of Switzerland about 50 miles north of the capital of Bern

'''''tu-sais-quoi'''''<br />
French: you know what

'''impost'''<br />
something imposed, as a tax or duty

==Page 483==

==Endnote 204==

'''Saprogenic'''<br />
of or pertaining to putrefaction or rotting

==Page 483 (cont'd)==

'''illicit'''<br />
illegal

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

==Page 484==

'''125-kilo'''<br />
about 276 lbs

'''ROPAS'''<br />
Spanish: CLOTHES

==Page 485==

'''union-suit underwear'''<br />
one-piece long undergarments

'''stelliform'''<br />
in the form of a star

==Page 486==

'''transperçant'''<br />
French: "stabbing or piercing," but also "transfixing"

'''baguette'''<br />
a long roll of French bread

'''cerise'''<br />
deep red to purple in color

'''teratoid'''<br />
resembling a monster; monstrous (from Greek teras, terat- "monster.")

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

''''''Malhereusement, ton collégue est décédé. Il faisait une excellente soupe aux pois.''''''<br />
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?''''''<br />
French: No? Or was it you that made it?

==Page 487==

'''wangs'''<br />
slaps or bangs against

'''''frère'''''<br />
French: brother

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

'''''ne pas plaisanter'''''<br />
French: not pleasure

'''''iront paître'''''<br />
French: they will go to eat

'''''entend-il?'''''<br />
French: Does he hear?

==Page 488==

'''''inutile'''''<br />
French: useless

'''natal'''<br />
like a baby's

'''aphonia'''<br />
loss of or inability to speak due to damage to or disease of the larynx

'''aphrasiac'''<br />
the inability to speak words in intelligible order

'''muskie'''<br />
short for "muskellunge," a type of fish

'''maxillofacial'''<br />
relating to the jaw and face

==Page 489==


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