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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse_River '''Maas'''] is not merely a definable single word or proper name, but a [http://tinyurl.com/yq4v96 '''Web'''] of words, a [http://www.answers.com/topic/network?cat=biz-fin '''Network'''] of ideas , much like the analogous [http://tinyurl.com/22g4mv '''Traverse'''].
[http://www.answers.com/topic/meuse?cat=travel '''Meuse'''] is  a varient spelling of [http://www.answers.com/topic/maas?cat=travel '''Maas''']. From the Wikipedia posting for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse_River '''Meuse River''']:

:The Meuse (Dutch and German Maas, Latin Mosa) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea. It has a total length of 925 km (575 miles).

The Meuse River was the site of major battles during World War One. World War One plays a major role in [http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page '''''Gravity's Rainbow'''''] and [http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page '''''Against the Day''''']

[http://tinyurl.com/2jlgb8 '''Maas'''] also translates from the original Dutch into Web or Net.
There is also the near-homophone [http://tinyurl.com/36pl4z '''Mass'''], a word with obvious applications in physics and sometimes in metaphysics as well. [http://tinyurl.com/ynpwj9 '''''Oedipal Mass'''''] could have been an overheard and possibly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen '''Mondegreened'''] snatch of psychobabble issuing from some shrink's session. Let us not for get that Our Beloved Author is, after all, a [http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0703&msg=116746&keywords=satire%20mack '''''Satirist''''']. I suppose an '''''Oedipal Mass''''' could be removed by some sort of specialist. . . .

Also see: [http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Traverse_Family_Tree '''Webb Traverse'''] in [http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page '''''Against the Day'''''] .

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