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==X==
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'''''X-Files'''''<br/>
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'''Xandra'''<br />
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'''Xibalba'''<br />
168; Asian receptionist at Golden Fang Enterprises, Inc. Corporate HQ
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"the place of fear" 443; 447
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'''Xiomara'''<br />
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110 "very young local girl" Windust married in Guatemala; 427; 440-41
  
 
==Y==
 
==Y==
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'''Yaponchik'''<br />
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141 - Vyacheslav Kirillovich Ivankov was a notorious member of the Russian Mafia who was believed to have connections with Russian state intelligence organizations and their organized crime partners. He has operated in both the Soviet Union and the United States. His nickname "Yaponchik" translates from Russian as "Little Japanese," due to his faintly Asian facial features.
  
'''yakuza'''<br />
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'''Yenta Expresso'''<br />
Members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan, and also known as "violence groups"; torpedo (a professional killer who uses a gun), 82;
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4 - dating service on Tail 'Em's floor
  
'''Yastrzemski, Carl (b. 1939)'''<br />
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'''Yentas With Attitude'''<br />
Nicknamed "Yaz," Yastrzemski is a former American Major League Baseball player who played his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox, primarily as a left fielder, with part of his later career played at first base and as a designated hitter; his bat, 316
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41 - Maxine belongs
  
'''Yellow Haze'''<br />
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'''YIDDISH'''<br />
140; smoking product made from banana peels, created by Kevin, the owner of Kozmik Banana in Gordita Beach
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kvell, 4; Yenta Expresso, 4; mitzvah, 17; ''mashgichim'' (a Jew who supervises the ''kashrut'' - Jewish dietary laws - status of a kosher establishment), ''hechschers'' (a Rabbinical Product certification qualifying items (usually foods) that conform to the requirements of ''Halakha'' (Jewish law)), ''shaygetz'' (a non-Jewish boy or young man), 24; putz, 26; fresser (one who eats ravenously), 33; shtupping, 38; frosk ("slap"), 98; obsessive Yenta syndrome, 103; plotz, 109 - to collapse or faint, as from surprise, excitement, or exhaustion; ''shviger'' 137, Yiddish for mother-in-law; zaftig (pleasantly plump), 177; yenta, 178; fress: to eat copiously and without restraint; to snack frequently, 197; zhlub (a crude person lacking in social skills along with insensitivity, clumsiness and a lack of manners), 238; hondeling (haggling), 248; schmatte (a rag, an old article of clothing), 252; kaplotz (splat!), 286; schmatte (a rag, junk or low-quality merchandise), 304; shtetl (a small town with a large Jewish population in Central and Eastern Europe before the pogroms and the Holocaust), 350;  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin List of English words of Yiddish origin &#150; Wikipedia]
  
'''Yosemite Sam'''<br />
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'''Ying, Dr.'''<br />
Animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. He is commonly depicted as a short-tempered and extremely grouchy Western outlaw with an intense hatred of rabbits, especially Bugs Bunny; 326
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4 - herb specialist and acupuncturist on same floor as Tail 'Em
  
'''Younger, Evelle (1918-1989)'''<br />
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'''Youngman, Henny'''<br />
4; for whom Penny Kimball works; Younger was Attorney General of California from 1971-1979.
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217 - comedian
  
'''"Yummy Yummy Yummy" (1968)'''<br />
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'''Yuri'''<br />
First hit for the Ohio Express, and a classic "bubblegum" song; Herb Alpert cover, 332
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456 - a guy in Poughkeepsie Misha and Grisha have to meet
  
 
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==Z==
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'''Zabar's'''<br />
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148 - Famous deli in Manhattan, NYC
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'''Zagat'''<br />
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'''Zanotti, Giuseppe'''<br />
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305 - Zanotti is an Italian shoe designer. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Zanotti Wikipedia]
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'''Zapf, Otto'''<br />
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61, black leather bosses' chairs
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'''zapper'''<br />
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87 - An automated sales suppression device or zapper is a software program that falsifies the electronic records of point of sale (POS) systems for the purpose of tax evasion.
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Zermelo's Axiom of Choice 109 An important and fundamental axiom in set theory. It was formulated by Zermelo in 1904 and states that, given any set of mutually disjoint nonempty sets, there exists at least one set that contains exactly one element in common with each of the nonempty sets. The axiom of choice is related to the first of Hilbert's problems.
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'''zhlub'''<br />
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238 - a crude person lacking in social skills along with insensitivity, clumsiness and a lack of manners; Recall Richard M. Zhlub from [http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=XYZ ''Gravity's Rainbow'']
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'''Ziggy'''<br />
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1, Maxine's oldest son; 32; Ziggurat (Is his first name ''really'' Ziggurat?), 415;
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'''Zigotisopolis'''<br/>
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Virtual city (retro NY) in DreamArcher created by Ziggy and Otis, 428-29;
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'''Zima'''<br />
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45, "bitch drink of the nineties" "wildly popular novelty beverage"; 48, Zimartinis;
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'''Zimbalist, Ephram, Jr.'''<br />
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100 - Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (born November 30, 1918) is an American actor known for his starring roles in the television series ''77 Sunset Strip'' (1958 - 1964) and ''The F.B.I.'' He is also known as recurring character "Dandy Jim Buckley" in the series ''Maverick'' and as the voice behind the character Alfred Pennyworth in ''Batman: The Animated Series'' and its numerous spin-offs.
  
'''Zappa, Frank (1940-1993)'''<br />
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Pynchon's reference here is to Zimbalist's character Stuart ("Stu") Bailey, an Los Angeles Private Detective, in the TV series ''77 Sunset Strip''. Here's a clip of Kookie (Ed Byrnes) and Zimbalist, from the 2nd episode of the first season:
An American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. On a T-shirt, 146; guest artist at Pauley Pavilion, 223.
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'''Zeilder & Zeilder'''<br />
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56; tailors where Doc got his "double-breasted velour suit" disguise
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'''Zimmer, Norma (b. 1923)'''<br />
 
257; Lawrence Welk's "Champagne Lady" for more than two decades on ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' beginning in 1960.
 
  
'''Zirconia'''<br />
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'''zircons'''<br />
230; "young woman in a wine-colored minidress" in Nine of Diamonds, Las Vegas
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3 - Zircon (includes hyacinth or yellow zircon) is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates. The natural color of zircon varies between colorless, yellow-golden, red, brown, blue, and green. Colorless specimens that show gem quality are a popular substitute for diamond and are also known as "Matura diamond."
  
'''Zody's'''<br />
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'''Zizmor, Dr.'''<br />
9; Zody's was a chain of discount retail stores that operated in the United States from 1969 to 1986. The chain operated locations in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Michigan.  Zody's closed the last of its California stores in March 1986, with many locations being sold to Ralphs, a supermarket chain.   Possible annagram: ZOYDS.
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46, Jonathan Zizmor (born 1945) is an American dermatologist from New York City famous for his television commercials and prolific, colorful subway ads promising that "Now you can have beautiful clear skin!" Zizmor received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Zizmor Wikipedia entry]
  
'''zomes'''<br />
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'''zona'''<br />
62; zonahedral domes; The name "Zome", a combination of the words and 'dome' and 'zonahedral geometry', was coined by Steve Baer following his discovery of this unique geometry in 1969. This patented construction system is an evolution of 5,000 years of geometrical discovery, from the Babylonians to R. Buckminster Fuller; at Arrepentimiento, 249; "doorways to other dimensions" 253; Shasta's necklace, 262
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137 - The word Gulag was not often used in Russian — either officially or colloquially; the predominant terms were the camps and the zone (zona), usually singular — for the labor camp system and for the individual camps.
  
"Corners constrict the mind....Domes break into new dimensions."  ''Steve Baer''
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'''''Zorba the Greek''''' (1964)<br />
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44 - film based on the novel ''Zorba the Greek'' by Nikos Kazantzakis. The film was directed by Cypriot Michael Cacoyannis and the title character was played by Anthony Quinn.
  
'''Zucky's '''<br />
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'''Zwillman, Longy'''<br />
96; "legendary Santa Monica delicatessen; 366;
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67 - Abner "Longie" Zwillman (1904 - 1959), known as the "Al Capone of New Jersey," was an early Prohibition gangster, founding member of the "Big Seven" Ruling Commission and a member of the National Crime Syndicate, who was also associated with Murder Incorporated.
  
 
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X-Files
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Xibalba
"the place of fear" 443; 447

Xiomara
110 "very young local girl" Windust married in Guatemala; 427; 440-41

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Yaponchik
141 - Vyacheslav Kirillovich Ivankov was a notorious member of the Russian Mafia who was believed to have connections with Russian state intelligence organizations and their organized crime partners. He has operated in both the Soviet Union and the United States. His nickname "Yaponchik" translates from Russian as "Little Japanese," due to his faintly Asian facial features.

Yenta Expresso
4 - dating service on Tail 'Em's floor

Yentas With Attitude
41 - Maxine belongs

YIDDISH
kvell, 4; Yenta Expresso, 4; mitzvah, 17; mashgichim (a Jew who supervises the kashrut - Jewish dietary laws - status of a kosher establishment), hechschers (a Rabbinical Product certification qualifying items (usually foods) that conform to the requirements of Halakha (Jewish law)), shaygetz (a non-Jewish boy or young man), 24; putz, 26; fresser (one who eats ravenously), 33; shtupping, 38; frosk ("slap"), 98; obsessive Yenta syndrome, 103; plotz, 109 - to collapse or faint, as from surprise, excitement, or exhaustion; shviger 137, Yiddish for mother-in-law; zaftig (pleasantly plump), 177; yenta, 178; fress: to eat copiously and without restraint; to snack frequently, 197; zhlub (a crude person lacking in social skills along with insensitivity, clumsiness and a lack of manners), 238; hondeling (haggling), 248; schmatte (a rag, an old article of clothing), 252; kaplotz (splat!), 286; schmatte (a rag, junk or low-quality merchandise), 304; shtetl (a small town with a large Jewish population in Central and Eastern Europe before the pogroms and the Holocaust), 350; List of English words of Yiddish origin – Wikipedia

Ying, Dr.
4 - herb specialist and acupuncturist on same floor as Tail 'Em

Youngman, Henny
217 - comedian

Yuri
456 - a guy in Poughkeepsie Misha and Grisha have to meet

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Zabar's
148 - Famous deli in Manhattan, NYC

Zagat
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Zanotti, Giuseppe
305 - Zanotti is an Italian shoe designer. Wikipedia

Zapf, Otto
61, black leather bosses' chairs

zapper
87 - An automated sales suppression device or zapper is a software program that falsifies the electronic records of point of sale (POS) systems for the purpose of tax evasion. Zermelo's Axiom of Choice 109 An important and fundamental axiom in set theory. It was formulated by Zermelo in 1904 and states that, given any set of mutually disjoint nonempty sets, there exists at least one set that contains exactly one element in common with each of the nonempty sets. The axiom of choice is related to the first of Hilbert's problems.

zhlub
238 - a crude person lacking in social skills along with insensitivity, clumsiness and a lack of manners; Recall Richard M. Zhlub from Gravity's Rainbow

Ziggy
1, Maxine's oldest son; 32; Ziggurat (Is his first name really Ziggurat?), 415;

Zigotisopolis
Virtual city (retro NY) in DreamArcher created by Ziggy and Otis, 428-29;

Zima
45, "bitch drink of the nineties" "wildly popular novelty beverage"; 48, Zimartinis;

Zimbalist, Ephram, Jr.
100 - Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (born November 30, 1918) is an American actor known for his starring roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip (1958 - 1964) and The F.B.I. He is also known as recurring character "Dandy Jim Buckley" in the series Maverick and as the voice behind the character Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Animated Series and its numerous spin-offs.

Pynchon's reference here is to Zimbalist's character Stuart ("Stu") Bailey, an Los Angeles Private Detective, in the TV series 77 Sunset Strip. Here's a clip of Kookie (Ed Byrnes) and Zimbalist, from the 2nd episode of the first season:


zircons
3 - Zircon (includes hyacinth or yellow zircon) is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates. The natural color of zircon varies between colorless, yellow-golden, red, brown, blue, and green. Colorless specimens that show gem quality are a popular substitute for diamond and are also known as "Matura diamond."

Zizmor, Dr.
46, Jonathan Zizmor (born 1945) is an American dermatologist from New York City famous for his television commercials and prolific, colorful subway ads promising that "Now you can have beautiful clear skin!" Zizmor received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Wikipedia entry

zona
137 - The word Gulag was not often used in Russian — either officially or colloquially; the predominant terms were the camps and the zone (zona), usually singular — for the labor camp system and for the individual camps.

Zorba the Greek (1964)
44 - film based on the novel Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis. The film was directed by Cypriot Michael Cacoyannis and the title character was played by Anthony Quinn.

Zwillman, Longy
67 - Abner "Longie" Zwillman (1904 - 1959), known as the "Al Capone of New Jersey," was an early Prohibition gangster, founding member of the "Big Seven" Ruling Commission and a member of the National Crime Syndicate, who was also associated with Murder Incorporated.

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