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Yoyodyne was first introduced as a fictional defense contractor in Pynchon's debut novel V. (1963) and featured prominently in his novella The Crying of Lot 49 (1966). [1] Described in the latter book as "a giant of the aerospace industry," Yoyodyne was founded by World War II veteran Clayton "Bloody" Chiclitz.
The Crying of Lot 49 is a novella by the American author Thomas Pynchon.It was published on April 27, 1966, by J. B. Lippincott & Co. [1] The shortest of Pynchon's novels, the plot follows Oedipa Maas, a young Californian woman who begins to embrace a conspiracy theory as she possibly unearths a centuries-old feud between two mail distribution companies.
At Yoyodyne, Penny refuses to tell the Red Lectroids where the overthruster is, and they begin torturing her. Banzai enters Yoyodyne headquarters alone; the Cavaliers follow, reinforced by several groups of the Blue Blaze Irregulars, civilians recruited to assist the Cavaliers when necessary.
John Jacob Young Jr. (born May 29, 1962 in Newnan, Georgia) [1] was United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions) from 2001 to 2005 and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics from 2007 to 2009. [2] He is the founder and principal of JY Strategies, LLC.
Kenneth John Gonzales, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico; Frank DeArmon Whitney, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina; David Dudley Dowd Jr., Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Mobley Jr. attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, for three years before transferring to Wasatch Academy in Mount Pleasant, Utah, for his senior season. [1] As a junior, he averaged 20.1 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 2.0 steals per game. [2] As a senior, Mobley Jr. averaged a career-high 21.5 points per game. [3]
An Australian man and former inspirational personality as a child is among the victims of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, his family says.. Rory Sykes, 32, who appeared in the media as a ...
The Riverkeepers: Two Activists Fight to Reclaim Our Environment as a Basic Human Right is a 1997 book written by John Cronin and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.. The book documents its authors' activism and legal action against the corporate polluters of the Hudson River in New York.