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Old 05-24-2008, 06:32 PM   #10
Aliantha
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If he was any sort of public speaker with any ability to think on his feet, why could he not have used the phrase, "and in the most eloquent words of one of our former students and now valued colleague..." or some such thing.

That came to my mind immediately. Why not his? Then there would have been no issues of plagiarism what so ever.
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