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These initials are first mentioned on [http://bleedingedge.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_17#Page_193 page 193]. <br/>
 
These initials are first mentioned on [http://bleedingedge.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_17#Page_193 page 193]. <br/>
  
This acronym is commonly used to mean "what the fuck."  
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This acronym is commonly used to mean "what the fuck."
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Can't help but think of the CIA from chapter five of [http://cl49.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_5 The Crying of Lot 49.] "Standing not for the agency you think, but for the clandestine Mexican outfit known as the Conjuración de los Insurgentes Anarquistas."
  
 
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longer than the building's outside dimensions would suggest
Pynchon likes this image of a thing that's bigger on the inside than on the outside. See, for example, Page 21 of Inherent Vice and Page 354 of Mason & Dixon.

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FDR's silvery small cheekbone
In other words, pivoting on a dime.

the Wahhabi Transreligious Friendship (WTF)
These initials are first mentioned on page 193.

This acronym is commonly used to mean "what the fuck."

Can't help but think of the CIA from chapter five of The Crying of Lot 49. "Standing not for the agency you think, but for the clandestine Mexican outfit known as the Conjuración de los Insurgentes Anarquistas."

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"Jerry" keeps them both in his mouth, continuing to puff away...
Perhaps a foreshadowing the visual of the smoking World Trade Center buildings after the events of 9/11.










Chapter 1
pp. 1-7
Chapter 2
pp. 8-19
Chapter 3
pp. 20-29
Chapter 4
pp. 30-40
Chapter 5
pp. 41-52
Chapter 6
pp. 53-67
Chapter 7
pp. 68-79
Chapter 8
pp. 80-86
Chapter 9
pp. 87-95
Chapter 10
pp. 96-111
Chapter 11
pp. 112-120
Chapter 12
pp. 121-133
Chapter 13
pp. 134-144
Chapter 14
pp. 145-159
Chapter 15
pp. 160-171
Chapter 16
pp. 172-184
Chapter 17
pp. 185-197
Chapter 18
pp. 198-210
Chapter 19
pp. 211-218
Chapter 20
pp. 219-229
Chapter 21
pp. 230-238
Chapter 22
pp. 239-246
Chapter 23
pp. 247-255
Chapter 24
pp. 256-264
Chapter 25
pp. 265-273
Chapter 26
pp. 274-287
Chapter 27
pp. 288-300
Chapter 28
pp. 301-313
Chapter 29
pp. 314-326
Chapter 30
pp. 327-337
Chapter 31
pp. 338-346
Chapter 32
pp. 347-353
Chapter 33
pp. 354-364
Chapter 34
pp. 365-382
Chapter 35
pp. 383-394
Chapter 36
pp. 395-407
Chapter 37
pp. 408-422
Chapter 38
pp. 423-438
Chapter 39
pp. 439-447
Chapter 40
pp. 448-462
Chapter 41
pp. 463-477
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