PROJECT #1 EXEGESIS

On the wagon: If someone is on the wagon, they have stopped drinking alcohol. [pg. 21]

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/on+the+wagon.html

Soused: To make drunk. [pg. 22]

http://www.merriamwebstercollegiate.com/dictionary/soused

East river: A strait in SE New York separating Manhattan Island from Long Island and connecting New York Bay and Long Island Sound. [pg. 38]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/east+river

Stoned: Intoxicated or dazed from drugs; high (sometimes followed by out): to be stoned out on pot. [pg. 42]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stoned

Kama sutra: An ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics. [pg. 52]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kama+sutra

Radio City: The largest cinema and theatre in the world, with more than 6000 seats. It is in Rockefeller Center in New York. [pg. 56]

http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/radio-city-music-hall

Northwestern University: Private University in Evanston, Illinois, U.S., founded in 1851. It is a comprehensive research institution that includes a college of arts and sciences and schools of music, education, social policy, graduate studies, law, medicine, and dentistry. [pg. 56]

http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Northwestern+University

Shaker Heights: a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland. 34,759. [pg. 56]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shaker+heights

Uptown: An affluent suburban area of Manhattan. [pg. 60]

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

14^th Street: A major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The street rivals the size of some of the well-known avenues of the city and is an important business location. [pg. 61]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Street_(Manhattan)


Mahler: Composer. [pg. 106]
 http://www.musicweb-international.com/Mahler/index.html