In this regard I must also thank Laurence Urdang for helping me (alas, so far without success) try to track down the person who passed off one of these articles as her own in at least three publications in Europe and America, including Mr. Urdang’s own esteemed quarterly, Verbatim. To all of these people I send thanks—except, of course, the elusive plagiarist, to whom I address one heartfelt raspberry.
