AtDDtA1: Scarsdale Vibe

Wed Jan 31 13:36:00 CST 2007

   "One could hardly have expected a widely celebrated
mogul like Scarsdale Vibe not to attend the World's
Columbian Exposition.  Along with the obvious apeal of
its thousands of commercial possibilities, the Chicago
Fair also happened to provide a vast ebb and flow of
anonymity, where one could meet and transact business
without necessarily being observed....'" (AtD, Pt. I,
Ch. 3, p. 31)

Scarsdale Vibe

Scarsdale NY boasts that it's Westchester County's
wealthiest community, so a 'Scarsdale vibe' implies
'stinking of money'. Vibe is another Pynchon baddie
whose last name starts with "V", e.g., Brock Vond in
Vineland.

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_26-56#Page_31

Scarsdale

http://www.scarsdale.com/

Scarsdale Diet

http://www.weight-loss-institute.com/scarsdale_diet.htm

The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet is a book by
Scarsdale, New York physician Dr. Herman Tarnower and
Samm Sinclair Baker, originally published in 1979. The
book became a bestseller and (as of 2006) was still in
print. The "Scarsdale Diet," a low-carbohydrate,
low-calorie weight-loss diet, is still popular today.

[...]

The diet book received an unexpected boost in sales
when its author Dr. Tarnower was murdered on March 10,
1980, by his long-time lover Jean Harris, the
headmistress of the The Madeira School, a fashionable
boarding school for high school girls. The murder was
the subject of a 2006 made-for-TV movie called Mrs.
Harris.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarsdale_Diet

Vibe

Main Entry: vibe 
Pronunciation: 'vIb
Function: noun
: VIBRATION 4 <seems to be in on every conversation,
every deal, every vibe that is winging through the
room -- Albert Goldman> -- usually used in plural <got
bad vibes from him> 

Cf. ...

"vibes of trouble to come" (VL, p. 49)

"'I belive in Vibrations,' declares Mason '--I belive
that vibrations from that horrid family get into their
food ...'" (M&D, p. 83)

"he Juggernaut"

Main Entry: jug·ger·naut 
Pronunciation: 'j&-g&r-"not, -"nät
Function: noun
Etymology: Hindi JagannAth, literally, lord of the
world, title of Vishnu
1 chiefly British : a large heavy truck
2 : a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or
object that crushes whatever is in its path <an
advertising juggernaut> <a political juggernaut>

http://m-w.com/dictionary/juggernaut

Juggernaut

http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/j/juggernaut.htm

"an ebony stick whose handle was a gold and silver
sphere ..."

Etymology: Hindi JagannAth, literally, lord of the
world, title of Vishnu ...

http://m-w.com/dictionary/juggernaut

"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"

http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?p=6985

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He's_Got_The_Whole_World_In_His_Hands

"Silver and Gold"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bj5pQMkQqKM

His pick licking never made any sense. He thought he
was looking for silver and gold, but he was really
looking for Peppermint. After licking his pick, he
says, "Peppermint! What I've been searching for! I've
found me a peppermint mine....yahoooo!"

http://www.tvparty.com/xmasrudolph.html

"... chased so as to represent ..."

Main Entry: chase
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): chased; chas·ing
Etymology: Middle English, modification of
Anglo-French enchaser to set
1 a : to ornament (metal) by indenting with a hammer
and tools without a cutting edge b : to make by such
indentation c : to set with gems
2 a : GROOVE, INDENT b : to cut (a thread) with a
chaser

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

"... and inside of whose shaft was concelaed a spring,
piston, and cylinder arrangement ..."

Remington dog head gun canes are amongst the rarest of
their kind, and are the finest and best known of the
American gun canes. In the U.S., the most widely
acclaimed cap and ball canes were made by the
Remington Arms Company from 1858. These were designed
by J.F. Thomas, who obtained a patent February 9,
1858. Remington also produced a cartridge gun cane
through 1889. The latter are prized items and were
made of Gutta Percha over steel. Gutta Percha is the
sap of a tree and served as a forerunner of hard
rubber and plastics. The most desirable of the
Remington gun canes is the dog head model in both cap
and cartridge types. These were made for .22 caliber
short or .32 caliber short rimfire cartridges.
Remington discontinued making these gun canes about
1910.

http://www.canequest.com/did.asp

And see as well, e.g., ...

http://www.roguesci.org/theforum/showthread.php?t=600

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XII/159/159-1.htm

http://www.antiquesandthearts.com/AuctionWatch.asp?d=Archive2000&s=AuctionWatch05-22-2001-11-21-34.htm

"translated as if by supernatural agency"

Main Entry: trans·late  
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'lAt, tranz-; 'tran(t)s-"lAt,
'tranz-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): trans·lat·ed; trans·lat·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French
translater, from Latin translatus (past participle of
transferre to transfer, translate), from trans- +
latus, past participle of ferre to carry -- more at
TOLERATE, BEAR
transitive verb
1 a : to bear, remove, or change from one place,
state, form, or appearance to another : TRANSFER,
TRANSFORM <a country boy translated to the city>
<translate ideas into action> b : to convey to heaven
or to a nontemporal condition without death c : to
transfer (a bishop) from one see to another
2 a : to turn into one's own or another language b :
to transfer or turn from one set of symbols into
another : TRANSCRIBE c (1) : to express in different
terms and especially different words : PARAPHRASE (2)
: to express in more comprehensible terms : EXPLAIN,
INTERPRET
3 : ENRAPTURE
4 : to subject to mathematical translation
5 : to subject (as genetic information) to translation
in protein synthesis
intransitive verb
1 : to practice translation or make a translation;
also : to admit of or be adaptable to translation <a
word that doesn't translate easily>
2 : to undergo a translation
3 : LEAD, RESULT -- usually used with into <believes
that tax cuts will translate into economic growth> 

http://m-w.com/dictionary/translate

"the majestic establishment defined by State, Monroe,
and Wabash"

The Palmer House (cf. p. 30)

http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/CHIPHHH-The-Palmer-House-Hilton-Illinois/index.do

"'Tell the house physician the bullet is only in her
leg'" ...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=b7mwpYiVuY8

http://youtube.com/watch?v=U5YTB7qeykw

http://youtube.com/watch?v=s0Wptw7uVq4

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mirxOwdJPT0

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