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Dear Mr. Bill:

Enclosed is an article written by Margaret Truman [“GOP Lucky Truman Isn’t Around to Shoot Back.”] She is whimpering that George Bush is stealing Harry’s best lines and therefore is a political plagiarist. You are the wordsmith. Would you please explain to her that a plagiarist is someone like that Democratic senator that steals entire speeches and passes them off as his own? Would you also tell her that the next time she wants to give George hell, she should stifle the urge and stick to playing the piano?

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William F. Buckley Jr.

Dear Mr. Bill:

Enclosed is an article written by Margaret Truman [“GOP Lucky Truman Isn’t Around to Shoot Back.”] She is whimpering that George Bush is stealing Harry’s best lines and therefore is a political plagiarist. You are the wordsmith. Would you please explain to her that a plagiarist is someone like that Democratic senator that steals entire speeches and passes them off as his own? Would you also tell her that the next time she wants to give George hell, she should stifle the urge and stick to playing the piano?