V-2nd C4 She, Her World ...

[Ian Livingston]

Hm. Raises the question of whether P. means us to read "delinquents"
in more than one sense, doesn't it? Perhaps there is a sense in which
delinquents includes all who do not give in proportionate kind and
measure to what they receive.

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dave writes:
> "cops, delinquents and all manner of deviates"
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> 3rd use of "delinquent" in two pages/three paragraphs ...
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> Juvenile delinquency was considered a major social problem in the 1950s.
> Americans under the age of eighteen were committing serious crimes in growing
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> www.enotes.com/1950-law-justice.../juvenile-delinquency- Cached- Similar
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Sun, August 1, 2010 5:53:24 PM
> Subject: V-2nd C4 She, Her World ...
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> "She, her world, knew nothing of the square confines of the park after
> sundown." (V., Ch. 4, p. 98)
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> "She, her world, knew nothing ..."
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> Cf. ...
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> "If only she'd looked." (Lot 49, Ch. 6, p. 179)
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> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0109&msg=59164
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0109&msg=59165
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0208&msg=69706
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0701&msg=114275
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0907&msg=137034
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> "cops, delinquents and all manner of deviates"
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> 3rd use of "delinquent" in two pages/three paragraphs ...
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> Main Entry: de·lin·quent
> Pronunciation: \-kwənt\
> Function: noun
> Date: 15th century
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> : a delinquent person
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> Main Entry: delinquent
> Function: adjective
> Etymology: Latin delinquent-, delinquens, present participle of
> delinquere to fail, offend, from de- + linquere to leave — more at
> loan
> Date: 1603
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> 1 : offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law
> 2 : being overdue in payment <a delinquent charge account>
> 3 : of, relating to, or characteristic of delinquents : marked by
> delinquency <delinquent behavior>
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> — de·lin·quent·ly adverb
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> Main Entry: juvenile delinquency
> Function: noun
> Date: 1816
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> 1 : conduct by a juvenile characterized by antisocial behavior that is
> beyond parental control and therefore subject to legal action
> 2 : a violation of the law committed by a juvenile and not punishable
> by death or life imprisonment
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> — juvenile delinquent noun
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> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delinquent
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> "Suppose she were telepathic ..."
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> Empathy vs. paranoia ...
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> Lord and Taylor
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> http://www.lordandtaylor.com/
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> $39.95
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> $39.95 in 1956 has the same buying power as $320.46 in 2010
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> http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
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