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'''281.9 the revolutionaries of May'''<br/>
Considering the unusual point of view as represented in the very first sentence("We are"), this may be a topical reference to May 1968 and the following Big Chill. The seemingly redundant interjection "this year" in the next sentence then signifies a shift back to narrative time. In Germany the only great vintage between the period of revolts and the publication of GR ''Gravity's Rainbow'' belongs to the year [http://www.thewinecurators.com/vntgChart.html 1971].
==Page 285==
Before his involvement with gold markets and railroads, Fisk was a Yankee peddler working the Berkshires. There are several references to him in ''The Berkshire Hills'' (though his name is misspelled "Fiske").
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''''287.11-12 double row of shiny bright teeth hangs in the air'''<br />
Reminiscent of Alice and the Cheshire Cat:
:''Well! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin,” thought Alice; “but a grin without a cat! It’s the most curious thing I ever saw in all my life!”'' [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rgs/alice-table.html ''Alice in Wonderland''], Chapter 6, "Pig and Pepper"
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'''290.8 Under my linden tree'''<br>
Allusion to Middle High German lyric poet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_von_der_Vogelweide Walter von der Vogelweide's ] (c. 1170 - c. 1230) most famous love song [http://www.planck.com/rhymedtranslations/vogelweidelinden.htm "Under der linden"], where the singer implied is another young girl.
'''290.15 Geli Tripping'''<br />
Another name taken from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan], this time from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.M.S._Pinafore ''HMS Pinafore''] (1878). When the Female Relations of Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty, board the ship, they sing, "Gaily tripping,/ Lightly skipping,/ Flock the maidens to the shipping." ([http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/archive/Classical/Opera/Gaily-Tripping/285163 Have a listen...]) The name is not without psychedelic overtones reminiscent of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Pranksters Merry Pranksters]. [[Sir Joseph's Barge is Seen|Read the lyrics...]]
