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and to all my friends who gave feedback on the cover art. The image on the cover – El Lissitsky’s “Announcer” – seems to illustrate the idea that language needs decoding as vividly as do the texts included in this volume. Finally, I would like to thank my parents Zhenya and Isaak for their tireless editorial assistance, and my son Joseph, for reminding me that projects have deadlines.