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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Decision to Incorporate | |
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| Introduction to Incorporation | |
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| Advantages and Disadvantages of Incorporation | |
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| Nonprofits and Private Benefit | |
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| Steps to Incorporation | |
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| Introduction to Incorporation | |
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| Choosing Incorporators | |
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| Choosing a Corporate Name | |
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| Choosing Corporate Purposes | |
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| Choosing to Have Members or No Members | |
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| Additional Provisions | |
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| Corporate Mergers and Dissolution | |
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| Bylaws | |
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| Introduction to Preparing Bylaws | |
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| Legal Requirements of Bylaws | |
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| Nonprofit Boards of Directors | |
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| Board Formation | |
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| Organizational Officers | |
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| Getting Good Board Members | |
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| Keeping Good Board Members | |
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| Board Responsibilities | |
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| How Boards Function Effectively | |
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| Holding High-Quality Board Meetings | |
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| Relationship Between Board Members and Staff Members | |
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| Strategic Planning | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Purpose of Strategic Planning | |
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| Making the Decision to Develop a Strategic Plan | |
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| Benefits of Strategic Planning | |
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| Costs of Strategic Planning | |
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| A Sample Strategic Planning Model | |
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| A Transforming Model for Nonprofit Board Leadership | |
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| Overview | |
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| Current Board Functioning | |
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| A New System of Board Governance | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Nonprofit Organization Ethics | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Accountability | |
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| Conflict of Interest | |
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| Disclosures | |
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| Other Issues | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Section 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Status | |
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| How to Apply for 501(c)(3) Status | |
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| Fees | |
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| A Short History of Tax-Exempt Status | |
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| Tax-Exempt Status Other Than 501(c)(3) | |
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| Insurance and Liability | |
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| General Liability Concerns of Nonprofit Organizations | |
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| General Business Insurance | |
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| Workers' Compensation Insurance | |
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| Unemployment Compensation Insurance | |
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| Federal Unemployment Taxes | |
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| Liability of Officers, Directors, and Volunteers | |
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| Volunteer Protection Act | |
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| Personal or Professional Individual Insurance Coverage | |
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| Fiscal Issues | |
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| Bookkeeping | |
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| Audits/Fiscal Accountability | |
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| Audit Report | |
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| Review | |
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| Compilation | |
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| Budgeting | |
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| Line-Item Budget | |
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| Program Budget | |
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| Expense Reimbursement | |
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| Personnel | |
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| Major Federal Laws Affecting Employers | |
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| Sample State Laws Affecting Nonprofit Employers | |
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| Standard Paperwork for Corporations With Employees | |
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| Hiring and Firing | |
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| Options-- Advantages, Disadvantages, Legal Considerations | |
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| Process in Hiring | |
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| Firing | |
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| Discipline Short of Firing | |
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| Discipline Continuum | |
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| How to Fire | |
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| Volunteers | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Benefits and Considerations of Volunteers | |
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| Non-Profit Organization Volunteer Policy | |
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| Volunteer Recruitment | |
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| Orientation | |
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| Virtual Volunteering | |
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| World Wide Web Resources | |
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| Charitable Solicitation Registration | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Unified Registration Statement | |
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| Fundraising | |
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| How Much To Ask For | |
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| IRS Substantiation Rules | |
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| Sources of Funding | |
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| Hiring a Consultant | |
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| Writing Effective Grant Proposals | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Researching the Grantor | |
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| Sections of a Grant Application | |
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| Lobbying | |
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| Legal Requirements for Lobbying | |
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| Effective Strategies for Lobbying and Advocacy | |
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| 501(h) Election | |
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| IRS Regulations on Lobbying | |
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| Contacts With Legislators | |
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| Political Activity by Nonprofits | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Individual Political Activities | |
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| Penalties | |
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| Quasi-Political Activities | |
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| Communications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Menu of Nonprofit Communications Tools | |
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| The Internet for Nonprofits | |
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| What is the Internet? | |
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| Equipment Needed to Connect to the Internet | |
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| Practical Applications of the Internet | |
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| The World Wide Web | |
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| World Wide Web History | |
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| Deciphering a Web Address | |
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| Frames | |
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| How to Find Resources on the World Wide Web | |
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| Directories | |
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| Web Rings | |
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| Obtaining a Domain Name | |
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| Developing Your Own World Wide Web Page | |
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| Internet Etiquette (a.k.a. Netiquette) | |
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| Problems With the Internet | |
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| Useful Internet Resources for Nonprofits | |
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| Forming and Running a Coalition | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Coalition | |
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| Structures of Coalitions | |
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| Advantages of Forming a Coalition | |
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| Disadvantages of Coalitions | |
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| To Form a Coalition or Not | |
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| How to Form a Coalition | |
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| Miscellaneous Administrative Issues | |
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| Office Equipment | |
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| Staffing Patterns | |
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| Stationery/Logo | |
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| Filing Systems | |
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| Computer | |
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| Hardware/Software | |
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| Computer Communications/Internet | |
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| Credit Card Sales | |
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| Postal Service Issues | |
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| Nonprofits and Small Business Competition | |
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| Federal Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) | |
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| Differences Between Nonprofits and For-Profits | |
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| Recommendations for Nonprofits With Respect to Competition | |
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| State and Local Tax Exemptions | |
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| Sales and Use Tax-Exemptions | |
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| Why User Charges May Not Be the Answer | |
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| Justification for the Charitable Tax Exemption | |
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| Property Tax Challenges: How to Respond | |
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| Education | |
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| Planning | |
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| Documentation | |
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| Communication | |
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| Collaboration | |
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| Discussion | |
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| Mergers and Consolidations | |
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| Factors That Trigger Merger Consideration | |
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| How to Begin | |
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| Steps to a Merger | |
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| Budgeting | |
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| Obstacles to Merger | |
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| Legal Requirements | |
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| Introduction to the Year 2000 (Y2K) Problem | |
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| Definition of the Problem | |
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| Why Nonprofit Organizations Should Be Concerned | |
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| What to Do About the Problem | |
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| Y2K Internet Resources | |
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| Quality Issues | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Why Quality is Important to Nonprofit Organizations | |
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| The Cost of Poor Quality | |
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| Quality in the Nonprofit Organizational Context | |
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| Change Management | |
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| Total Quality Management | |
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| Business Process Reengineering | |
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| Benchmarking | |
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| Outcome-Based Management | |
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| Large Group Intervention | |
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| Recent Nonprofit Sector Developments | |
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| Directory of State and National Organizations | |
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| State Directory | |
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| Sample Nonprofit Corporation Bylaws | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Reader Survey/Order Form | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |