We wish to give special thanks to Patricia Adams for her rigorous
editorial assistance, and her unflagging enthusiasm for the book.

Special
thanks also to Lawrence Solomon, for his patience and guidance
throughout preparation of the book, for his expert help with writing
and editing, and for his humour when driving a point home.

We would like to gratefully acknowledge the
following people who so generously volunteered their time to help:
Norman Houghton, Marcia Ryan, Erica Simmons, and John Thibodeau for
editing and proofreading the numerous drafts of each chapter; Dave
Hubbel for compiling and proofing all the references; Peter Somers, for
his help with the terminology.

For their professional assistance and
encouragement, we are grateful to Baruch Boxer, David Dawdy, Chris
Elliott, Peter Goodwin, David Melville, Wu Mei, and Zhou Peiyuan.

For their legal advice on the professional
responsibilities of Canadian engineers who work on international
projects, we wish to express our sincere appreciation to Carolina
Gallo, Rick Glofcheski, Harald Mattson, Mark Mattson, and Paul Seitz.
Above all we would like to thank the contributors to this book for
their time, expertise, and dedication.

And finally, Probe International would like to thank its 20,000
individual supporters, the Beldon Fund, and the Margaret Laurence Fund
for their generous support, which made the publication of this book possible.

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