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[rich]

"And it is just here, just at this dark and silent frame, that the
pointed tip of the Rocket, falling nearly a mile per second,
absolutely and forever without sound, reaches its last unmeasurable
gap above the roof of the old theatre, the last delta-t." (GR, Pt. IV,
p. 60)
___________
there's more on brinkmanship during the Cuban Missile Crisis but
Nixon/Kissinger's folly during the Yom Kippur war (fall 1973) came
close, too--the US was on Defcon 3 at one point. Shit, Pynchon was
pbly in a movie theater in fall 1973 thinking I'm good, but shit not
that good.  ;)
and to this day, Egypt and Israel are the biggest recipients of US aid.

rich

On 7/31/09, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Daniel Cape<daniel.cape at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is a harrowing film. And a good un' from the Days of Briggs' When
>> The Wind Blows, showing how nuclear proliferation was at the forefront
>> of Britain cultural consciousness well into the 80s.
>> How, pray, do you see this as relating to Pynchonalia?
>
> On the one hand, we don't always worry all too much about such
> niceties here, we just try to kep it interesting, is all.  On the
> other ...
>
>    "A screaming comes across the sky.  It has happened before, but
> there is nthing to compre it to now.
>    "It is to late. The Evacuation proceeds, but it is all theater."
> (GR, Pt. I,,p. 3)
>
>    "'I don't think that's a police siren.'  Your guts in a spasm, you
> reach for the knob of the AM radio. 'I don't think ...'" (GR, Pt. IV,
> p. 757)
>
> "And it is just here, just at this dark and silent frame, that the
> pointed tip of the Rocket, falling nearly a mile per second,
> absolutely and forever without sound, reaches its last unmeasurable
> gap above the roof of the old theatre, the last delta-t." (GR, Pt. IV,
> p. 60)
>