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306* · Courses Taught at ETA

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Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment

candent

glowing with heat

Orion

one of the more famous constellations in the night sky

Lay

non-professional

Anthracite

a type of coal

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crop-and-epaulette

crop being a riding crop, this would suggest a certain militaristic disposition

Winter Park FL

a city in Florida about five miles north-northeast of Orlando

grange

shorthand for the Granger movement, here used in the generic sense of organizing, as of labor

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Endnote 105

Dworkinite

The word refers to Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005), and American radical lesbian feminist

Pizzitola

probably a reference to the Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, R.I.

Y.W.-Q.M.D.

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eustacian-crumbling

The Eustachian tube connects the inner ear to the throat; this compound adjective would mean "deafeningly loud."

fin

a slang term for a $5 bill

SPN

Shared Processing Network

joe

coffee

Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar

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Vivian, Utah

a city about 30 miles southeast of Salt Lake City

Hempstead, Long Island

a town in New York about 25 miles into Long Island, about halfway between the North and South shores

Sonora, Mexico

a state of northern Mexico, bordering Arizona

Junebug

a genus of beetles found, among elsewhere, in the Eastern U.S.

moonballed

Here used as a past-tense noun, a moonball is a very high lob.

détente

a relaxation of tensions

Frontenac

probably a reference to the Battle of Fort Frontenac during the French and Indian Wars, where the British defeated the French

Canadianism

presumably this is a political movement of some kind, probably based on separation from the U.S.

rub

obstacle or impediment

real-French

as opposed to Québecois French

Pléaide Classics

better known as Bibliothèque de la Pléaide

glottal

involving the epiglottis in pronunication

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thorax

chest

prenatal dentition

growth of teeth before birth

Cartier and Roberval and Cap Rouge and Champlain

Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) was a French explorer who first mapped the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and who coined the name "Canada." Jean-François de la Roque de Roberval (1500-1560) was a French pirate and first lieutenant general of New France (i.e., French Canada, i.e., Québec). Cap-Rouge is a section of present-day Québec City, where Cartier tried to place his first French settlement. Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635) was the French founder of Québec City

Ursuline nuns

the Order of St. Ursula, the members of which teach young girls

wimples

the head coverings that nuns wear

U.N. Day

October 24

wig-and-jerkin

A jerkin is a close-fitting men's jacket. With the wig, this is the costume of the early Modern warrior.

Amherst

Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), was a British field marshal and veteran of the French and Indian Wars.

Hurons

More properly called the Wyandot or Wendat, these are an indigenous people of North America originally inhabiting Québec before the French arrived.

variola

the Latin word for "smallpox"

SACPOP

Strike Against Civilian Population

toadstool

a poisonous mushroom

Steinkamp

German: stone enclosure

Saluki

a breed of dog

ROM

Read-Only Memory

Levesque-Parti-and-Bloc Québecois and Fronte de la Libération Nationale

René Lévesque (1922-1987) was a Québecois government minister and founder of the Parti Québécois. Bloc Québécois promotes sovereignty for Québec while the Parti promotes independence. The Fronte mentioned above is probably a misnomer or early form of the FLQ.

convolved

wound together

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