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Since 1990, when it was first published, The Borderless World has changed the way managers view the world and their businesses, and how they invent, marker, and compete in our new globally interlinked economy. Kenichi Ohmae's groundbreaking bestseller argues persuasively how national borders are less relevant than ever before and identifies key characteristics of top--performing nations and corporations.
In this revised, updated edition, which features a new introduction by the author, Ohmae attributes the American economy of the 1990s to its seamless entry into the borderless world and looks forward toward an uncharted future. He casts a critical, though ultimately hopeful, eye on the financial crisis in Asia and especially in his home country of Japan.
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Do more better.......2006-07-15
1. Dispersion: Even original equipment manufacturers with captive technology are not immune from dispersion. NEC may develop a state-of-the art memory chip for its own mainframes, but it can sell five times the volume to other computer makers.
2. Partnerships: Nothing stays propriety for long and no player can master everything. Partnerships are key to spreading of technology.
3. Reducing fixed costs: To compete in global markets, companies have to incur and show find a way to defray - immense fixed costs. Automation has drive the cost of labor out of production and manufacturing has become a fixed cost activity. R&D has become a fixed cost. With globalization all major players in an industry are or may become direct competitors. You need your own people and your own labels too. That's fixed cost.
4. Brand: Brand name is a fixed cost. For many product, a brand name has no value if brand recognition falls below certain levels. You must spend enough money on brand promotion to realize "pull" benefits. With some products you can better use the same money to enhance commissions so that the sales force will push them.
5. Is IBM Japan an American or Japanese company? Its workforce is 20,000 Japanese, but its equity holders are American. IBM Japan has provided 3 times more tax revenue to the Japanese government than Fujitsu.
6. The Government's role. "People have become more informed and clever, as a real consequence of living in a truly global information era. And now governments have become the major obstacle for people to have the best and the cheapest from anywhere in the world." "What the energy crisis has taught us is that for a short term the `have' nations can create a supply shortage if they gang up. However, over a longer period of time, alternative supplies develop and the economic principles of supply and demand prevail." "Having an abundance of resources has truly slowed down a country's development, because bureaucrats there still think that money could solve all problems". "The key to success is shifting the focus from resources to marketplace." "The government's role, then, is to ensure that its people have a good life by ensuring stable access to the best and cheapest goods and services from anywhere in the world, not to protect certain industries and certain clusters of people." "Every time governments try to protect resources, markets, industries, and jobs, they cost the taxpayers dearly." "Government officials exercise power by regulating and deregulating the market, but their new role is to assume a backseat, not the driver's position, and to make sure that their country is benefiting fully from the best-performing corporation corporations and producers in the world, at the lowest possible cost to their people on a long-term basis"
7. Service Sector. In the US the service sector represents 70 percent of the work force; the cost of manufacturing is about 25 percent of the end user cost; the leading edge producers have all but eliminated simple labor from production and use robots; value chain produces high quality and cheap products in a globally interlinked economies; the most value added is in the marketplace; governmental preoccupation with production forces them to hang onto old and incompatible industries, disserving the customer and the taxpayer.
8. Equidistance: Japanese engineers working for different companies in Kyushu, a small island only 100 km away from South Korea would cat a late flight on Friday evenings to South Korea, work privately for S Korean semiconductor companies; this was illegal and violated employment agreements; the exchange of knowledge made semiconductor design methods and software similar through out the world. The Japanese learned to tailor products to local market interest, needs, and preferences rather than create a global product. Companies that are globally successful in white goods focus on close interactions with individual users; where as those that prosper with equipment installation focus on interactions with designers, engineers, and trade unions.
9. Customer oriented Strategies: Japanese auto companies are caught between a low cost producer, Hyundai and a high-end producer, Mercedes or BMW. Korea's Hyundai, Samsung, and Lucky Goldstar produces high volume products, half of what it costs the Japanese. The Japanese are caught in the middle. If you're a Japanese leader, what do you do? First, dramatically reduce the content of labor in production and push towards full automation. Examples are Nikon Seiko, Mazak Machinery, and Fujitsu Fanuc. The second way out of the squeeze is to move upmarketet toward higher margin products. Corporate culture and price cutting instincts will work against the move, as low-cost marketing games feel comfortable and predictable. Sometimes getting back to strategy means getting back to a deep understanding of what a product is about. Basics of sound management means looking closely at the customer needs, thinking deeply about a product.
10. Demand: Do more better. Create a second demand boosting market is the key. "If your goal is to beat the competition, you win by narrowing your field of vision and doing more better". "But why do companies stick with such devotion to a course that is obviously self-destructive?": Subborness, intensive rivalry, companyism, inescapable defeat or retreat phobias, nationalism, correction action did not occur because the situation did not become painful enough, and consensus from the group they were doing the right thing. "Companyism get much of its strength from this consensus-building mechanism". All must suffer visible before corrective action will occur. "Maintaining the customer relationship through good service is now the key to success". Measurement counts. Measure the powerful and often invisible influences on what you think and do.
An interesting read, though perhaps a bit too optimistic?.......2005-08-01
Kenichi Ohmae, argues that borders and nation states are becoming irrelevant and explains that a "fundamental paradigm shift has occurred that is changing the way business is being done...[and that the majority of us] are still operating under the old rules. Ohmae predicts that nation states will become obsolete as their sole job will be to facilitate a comfortable environment for global companies serving the ever more educated consumer in the Inter Linked Economy.
At the business level, most of Ohmae's reasoning seem sound, and is based on basic economic principles such as economies of scale and the bargaining power a global corporation might realize etc. What may be most controversial in his book are Ohmae's views on globalization. In most ways Ohmae's view is utopian.
Ultimately Ohmae left me unconvinced in regard to his view on the speed, the benefits, and even the best methods of dealing with the ILE/globalization.
Two other good books dealing with these topics in interesting ways are Lindblom's "The Market System", and also to some degree Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations".
Tom Anderson
Anderson Analytics, LLC
The Borderless World: Power and Strategy in The Interlinked.......2002-04-02
Great Book!, one of Ohmae's best book. Read it, and you will understand why this world would getting smaller and smaller everyday. In this globalized economy, every single nation could take an advantage from it, no matter how poor it is, because we believe everyone in this world has a spesific competencies and capabilities to increasing their own wealth quality. See how the business organizations around the world develop their competencies and capabilities and take profit from "interlinked economy", and create something called "win-win solution", something that almost impossible if we talk that in the past paradigm.
worth reading to live in the coming 21th century.......1998-12-05
This tilte can give us the great idea how to successfully live in the coming 21th century. After finishing this title, you can say he is one of the best auther about business.
THE REAL LOGIC OF THE WORLD.......1998-07-29
Dr. Ohmae reveals the fundamental driving forces of the world in the new era. With his astute logic based upon numerous cases, he delineates how wealth can be created both on corporation bases and also on nation bases. No wonder Prime Minister of Malaysia invited Dr. Ohmae as an economic advisor for the nation. So far his logics have been proven to be the realities of the today's world. Some may call him a visonary, but I think what he says in this book is not the outcome of his dubious imaginations. It has been some time since this book came out, and not only we have witnessed some of the phnomena he discussed and foretold, but also now we can catch ourselves using the terminology, "borderless world", or "borderless economy" while thinking about the world. This "BORDERLESS" is one of words he made commonly used in our lives, if not he is the one who coined the word.
I was a political science major in college in the United States. I! tried hard to understand the logic of the world while studying hegemonies of various nations. However, I can tell that this book was the most powerful book for me to understand the world, not all the thick textbooks or ugly notes from the boring lectures.
So, why don't you give it a try and order this phenomenal book with Amazon!
Thank you very much, Dr. Ohmae & Amazon.
Minoru Nadai, alias NORM
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Dying for Compassion
Irwin M. Rubin and T.W. Boden
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A must read for healthcare professionals and managers alike. In Dying For Compassion, Rubin and Boden has done for healthcare what Goldratt has done for manufacturing in The Goal.
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A Must Read!.......2007-04-13
This is a "must read" not only for anyone in the healthcare industry, but anyone in the leadership, organizational development, or behavioral science fields. Fascinating story - attention grabbing! There are many lessons to be learned!
What really matters.......2007-04-12
We often read in the news that the local clinic or hospital has just built a brand new facility or they recruited a number of specialists to join their practice - the assumption is that this leads to good care. What Dying for Compassion shows us is one of the critical components of good care is caring and the lack of it leads to its own cadre of nosocomial diseases that technology has no remedy for. It also helped me reflect on what really matters when a friend or family member gets sick; to be there and to support. I have been in health care for 30 years and could identify with a number of incidents in the book. If you are in healthcare, grab a copy, I think you will also find Joshua's journey enlightening
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Whether people have a right to control their own death has become a topic of increasing interest to everyone involved – governments that try to impose their will on individuals, advocates on both sides of the question, and those most directly affected, the terminally ill. This book, inspired by the Compassion in Dying Federation, looks at the issue personally, from the standpoint of the dying and those directly involved in the process. Editor Barbara Coombs Lee highlights stories of individuals and their graceful release into death that can happen when people are given a choice. But there are also powerful accounts by family members, friends, and religious advisers who respected and supported that choice – including those who opted for physician-assisted death. This publication coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Compassion in Dying Federation.
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Facing death with help.......2004-03-09
Nurse-clinician and attorney, author Barbara Coombs Lee presents case histories of terminally ill patients, in an unblinking, sympathetic and uplifting way. She also tells the story of Oregon's remarkable law, first in the U.S. to permit physician aid-in-dying. The book provides a breath of air in a society stifled with violent media overload and morbid curiosity about death, but little support in handling the actuality. It should reassure Americans that taking control of life's ending is not only possible and practical, but life-enhancing for the individual concerned, the family, and the community. John Ashcroft doesn't get it, but this approach actually prevents impulsive, desperation suicide and prolongs meangingful life for many, because they have compassionate medical support.
Marvelous, beautiful, thoughtful and sensitive.......2003-11-14
This is a marvelous book, beautifully written, thoughtful and sensitive. The various stories by and about people helped by Compassion are wonderfully told and very moving. The introductory chapter, "A Death of One's Own" is one of the best statements I've ever read on this subject. The book is a very valuable contribution to the literature and to the public debate on end of life choices.
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Hospice or Hemlock?: Searching for Heroic Compassion
Constance E. Putnam
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End-of-life decision making is often viewed from an academic perspective, which can obscure the debate's central human concerns. This guide introduces general readers to people with personal stakes in the right-to-die conundrum. Putnam provides practical assistance to readers and their loved ones, simultaneously incorporating the abstract and theoretical analysis essential to examining how we die in contemporary Western society. She also presents the backgrounds of the Hospice and Right-to-Die ("Hemlock") Movements. To elucidate the human side of the debate, Putnam profiles and interviews six important figures:
Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern Hospice Movement
Derek Humphry, founder of The Hemlock Society in the U.S.
Herbert Cohen, an early leader in euthanasia circles in The Netherlands
Timothy Quill, whose assistance in a patient suicide resulted in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court
Joanne Lynn, founder of Americans for Better Care for the Dying
Jack Kevorkian (profiled, but unavailable for interview) Another unique feature of this book is the application of philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson's general theory of rights to the very specific right to die. Pointing to potential compatibilities between the two positions, she concludes that heroic compassion does not require a final choice between Hospice and Hemlock--there may be room enough for both.
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By mining the rich tradition of virtue ethics, Christopher Vogt uses the virtues of patience, compassion, and hope as a framework for specifying the shape of a good death, and for naming the practices Christians should develop to live well and die well. Bringing together historical, biblical, and contemporary sources in Christian ethics, Vogt provides a long-overdue theological analysis of the ars moriendi or art of dying literature of four centuries ago. Through a careful analysis of Luke's passion narrative, Vogt uses Jesus as the primary model for being patient in the face of death and for dying well.
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Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death
Joan Halifax
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Beyond the Blue Mountains: Wisdom And Compassion on Living And Dying
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Compassion & Wisdom in Care for the Dying
Christine Longaker
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In this moving talk Christine Longaker skillfully combines insights and methods drawn from years of hospice experience with instruction and meditation practices from the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She examines the nature of suffering and shows how we can overcome unnecessary suffering through spiritual practice. the practices of reflection meditation compassion and the essential 'phowa'-a practice for healing and the moment of death-are revealed as powerful ways to prepare for our own death and to streng then the confidence of those who care for the dying. This release is timed to complement the AUTHOR's new book being released in the Spring of 1997
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Dying for Compassion
Irwin M Rubin & T.W.Boden
Manufacturer: Kingsham Press
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A must read for healthcare professionals and managers alike. In Dying For Compassion, Rubin and Boden has done for healthcare what Goldratt has done for manufacturing in the Goal
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A Must Read!.......2007-02-22
This is a "must read" not only for anyone in the healthcare industry, but anyone in the leadership, organizational development, or behavioral science fields. Fascinating story - attention grabbing! There are many lessons to be learned!
What really matters.......2007-02-22
We often read in the news that the local clinic or hospital has just built a brand new facility or they recruited a number of specialists to join their practice - the assumption is that this leads to good care. What Dying for Compassion shows us is one of the critical components of good care is caring and the lack of it leads to its own cadre of nosocomial diseases that technology has no remedy for. It also helped me reflect on what really matters when a friend or family member gets sick; to be there and to support. I have been in health care for 30 years and could identify with a number of incidents in the book. If you are in healthcare, grab a copy, I think you will also find Joshua's journey enlightening.
Intriguing story, Facinating concept.......2006-07-26
This is an incredibly insightful book dealing with board disfunctions in a healthcare institution which lead to the increased probability of malpractice at the rank & file level.
In addition to being a fun read, there are many useful insights to be gleaned from this story. A must read for healthcare professionals at the board & senior management level. A good novel for anyone.
DYING FOR COMPASSION.......2005-07-17
DYING FOR COMPASSION
BY IRWIN M. RUBIN & T.W.BODEN
A GREAT SUMMER READ! THIS BOOK HAS IT ALL ; SEX, DRUGS, GREED AND INTRIGUE.
THE AUTHOR TELLS HIS STORY THROUGH JOSHUA, PHYSICIAN, CEO OF A FICTIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. A FALLIBLE HUMAN BEING CONFRONTING MULTIPLE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. SOME ARE SELF INFLICTED AND THERE ARE OTHERS WHO PLOT AGAINST HIM. CONSULTANTS PROVIDE SOME VERY INTERESTING SOLUTIONS. A SURPRISING RECOMMENDATION IS A PRESCRIPTION ON HOW TO ADDRESS ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIPS
A MEDICAL MYSTERY THAT PROBES THE SORDID DARKER SIDE TRAITS OF GREED, DISHONESTY AND LACK OF COMPASSION. THE CAST OF CHARACTERS INCLUDE SOME DESPICABLE INDIVIDUALS. THEY ARE JUST PLAIN EVIL!
IT IS AN ECLECTIC NOVEL EXPLORING LIFE AND DEATH ISSUES WITNESS JOSHUA'S INTERACTIONS WITH COLLEAGUES, PATIENTS AND FAMILY IN A MEDICAL CENTER WITH AN ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF VICE IE. DRUG DEPENDENCY, KINKY SEX, MANAGERIAL AND MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND MURDER.
THE ATTITUDES OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THIS MEDICAL CENTER IS A LACK OF COMPASSION. A BEHAVIOR PREVALENT IN MANY "REAL LIFE" HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL. NO ONE REALLY CARES.
THE BOOK'S BONUS IS IT'S EDUCATIONAL VALUE. AS A FORMER CEO OF A LARGE MEDICAL GROUP I'M AWARE OF THE AUTHOR'S LONG EXPERIENCE AS AN EXPERT MEDICAL CONSULTANT. IT SERVES HIM WELL. HE HAS A KEEN INSIGHT INTO THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF MEDICAL CENTERS. THE TECHNICAL PARTS OF THE BOOK ARE ACCURATE AND EXPLAINED WITH CLARITY. YOU LEARN WHAT IT IS REALLY LIKE TO BE ON THE " INSIDE." HE LEADS US ON A FACTUAL TOUR INTO THE FIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, SURGERY AND ANESTHESIOLOGY. YOU ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT COMPONENT IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE . YOU WILL COME AWAY WITH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE WHO HAVE OUR CARE IN THEIR HANDS.
THE BOOK FINISHED I LAID IT DOWN. THE MYSTERY HAD BEEN SOLVED. STILL, I PONDER, "WILL THOSE WORKING IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD EVER PROVIDE THE COMPASSION YOU AND I SEEK IN OUR HEALTH CARE ENCOUNTERS?"
REVIEWER: TOM CAMPBELL, M.D. F.A.C.P.E.
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The Gifts of Suffering: Finding Insight, Compassion, and Renewal
Polly Young-Eisendrath
Manufacturer: Perseus Books
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Interesting look at suffering's transformative power.......2000-07-01
In "The Gifts of Suffering," Jungian psychologist Polly Young-Eisendrath discusses the impact of suffering on both the child and adult psyche, with a special emphasis on resilience and transcending pain to find a deeper meaning.
While the concept was very illuminating and interesting, the book suffers from a lack of focus. Part social criticism, part inspirational, part Buddhist history and theory, and part psychological theory, the book never seemed to quite come together. I wanted to hear more about how to develop resilience, what cultivates it. I also felt that Dr. Young-Eisendrath could have expanded the parameters of her research to include more than four individuals, interesting though those were, and perhaps made her language a bit more universal, and watered down some of her more critical opinions, which, in my opinion, detracted from the overall effect of her book.
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Competition in Agriculture: The United States in the World Market
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"Zero-based budgeting," "Theory Z," "employee participation," "quality circles"-management fads come and go as fast as new car models or trendy clothes. But as leading organizational psychologist Aubrey C. Daniels explains in this eye-opening guide, the key to managing effectively has always remained the same: "Create positive consequences for workers when they exhibit actions and behaviors you wish to increase, and undesirable consequences for the behaviors you wish to decrease." That's what Bringing Out the Best in People can help every manager do. Revealing the scientifically proven staying power of positive reinforcement, Dr. Daniels shows executives at every level how to use his tested performance management system to: define reinforcers that work-and tailor them to meet individual employees' needs; set fair performance measurement standards-and implement and maintain them with minimal cost and effort; provide constant feedback and reinforcement-so employees always know exactly how to improve performance... and when they've achieved it.
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Bringing Out the Best in People, New & Updated Edition, provides the latest and best motivational methods currently in use at such major companies as Xerox, 3M, and Kodak.
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Science of positive reinforcement.......2007-08-01
Aubrey Daniels offers an insightful look at the behavioral school of management, and its key tools: positive, and negative reinforcement. The book covers how to link rewards to behaviors you want to reinforce, when to deliver them, and how to design systems to support them. While not without its flaws, the book is well written and offers plenty of practical advice - if you're an aspiring manager, or a seasoned veteran, 'Bringing Out the Best in People' is a solid investment of your time.
Clarity, results, contribution.......2007-07-04
This is an essential text for anyone who manages people. Daniels is clearly 'for' creating a workplace that taps the innate desire to contribute and against one run by fear. I've seen nearly 35 years of organizational life, as employee, manager and consultant. That's a lot of fads, slogans and philosophies. This book is the real deal.
When people are managed using these clear, rigorous, objective principles, stress and interpersonal barriers decrease, work exceeds expectations. I also recommend Dr. Marshall Rosenberg's "Nonviolent Communication".
Based on a flawed worldview.......2007-04-02
I started reading the book as a part of my personal development with the company that I work for. The book is founded in behaviorism, and does not stray from the concepts associated with this worldview. My issue with it is that I believe that people are more than a reaction to the things that happen to us. We have unique personalities, and they consist of more than the conditioning that they are subjected to. This psychology takes away the idea of free-will and choice, and eliminates personal responsibility. When it comes to managing people, I believe that these are important elements to tap into. This behaviorist approach to management may look good on the surface, and make logical sense, but is flawed by its nature, and cannot have any long lasting impact.
Good book but not as good as her other book.......2006-03-02
This book is a fine book if you are looking for the typical book written for lazy minds. The material is good, the presentation is great. However, there is a lack of references and detail that someone really interested in the material will desire. If you like pop-culture books get this one. If you want a terrific book that appeals to your brain then get the authors other book, "Performance Management." It is exceptional.
Must Have Book for all Managers, Parents & Pet Owners.......2006-01-14
I have used Bringing Out the Best in People throughout Latin America and here in the States for several years. When I have control of a client project, this book is required reading. I get groans at first from supervisors and managers, but it is amazing what happens after they read it. They come back and immediately start talking about NICs, PICs, etc. It is fun but keeps me on my toes from that point forward as they watch my every move!
Although Daniels talks of motivating and brining out top performance from individuals within organizations, the concepts definitely applies and should be used in personal/family relationships as well. The concepts even hold true as I train my dog and two macaws as uncertain/certain, future consequences do not work for them! The beauty is that this book makes you stop and think.
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Makes the controversial argument that reinforcement is a real and valuable force in human behavior.
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Controversial?.......2006-04-06
The book description for Mr. Flora's book is one of the reasons why we as nation are still struggling to teach our children well. It is baffling that we have the key to unlocking so much human potential, yet we withhold it for fear of some shadowy determinism which we think will run our lives. Reinforcement does not limit an individual, it profides greater competency, which ultimately gives the individual more choice. I feel that everyone will gain from a reading of this book, and it should be required reading for all teachers.
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The power of positive reinforcement: A handbook of behavior modification
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Title: Modernization and representation reinforcement: an essay in memory of John Hart Ely.
Author: David A. Strauss
Publication:
Stanford Law Review (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2004
Publisher: Stanford Law School
Volume: 57
Issue: 3
Page: 761(18)
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