The answer appears on the seventy-sixth page of the book.

The sources described the natty Pomeranz as a fast talker but a phony and a real busted valise whose checks had a strong elastic snap to them.

Bette Mandl, who had the original idea for this very special issue on O'Neill and Gender, contacted a particularly fine array of experts in that burgeoning field of study, and pretty much created the entire issue with her usual diligence and grace, leaving numb-handed but happy-hearted me with little to do but sit back and marvel at the splendor of the whole package.

Can you play billiards? Yes, do you wish to have a match with me? Let us simply play (a game) for pleasure. We needn't have a match, as I don't like to gamble.