AtD p845 "bottom dead center of the European Question"

[Monte Davis]

I am seriously ignorant of engine mechanics, but isn't "bottom dead center"
a term of art for one position of pistons & crankshaft  -- used for
reference in spark timing, etc?

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From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Mark Kohut
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:48 AM
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Subject: AtD p845 "bottom dead center of the European Question"


p. 845...Russia accepts the annexation of Bosnia...."the bottom dead center
of the European Question"...after TRP suggests it may have been the German
divisions at the border of Poland that convinced the Tsar.....POWER
POWER......'the bottom dead center of the European Question"?.....POWER,
POWER
is P's central answer to the European
Question................................. 
 
Notice another comparison of History's movement to a train (or should I
write "trainwreck"?).....
 
"How many divisions does he have?" some King asked of the Pope.......
 
Gabrovo Slim....nice Bulgarian name, yes? (joke) Another character named
Slim. 


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