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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

our years have gone ~?y since I

wrote my last book. You d

think the second time around would be a piece of cake, but it ~"

wasn t. Many people, helped me with the first one. I needed

even more help on the second. I d like to acknowle.d, ge ,om~ ~L-,~t~h.,o,,Ai~nensP~le secre-

Again, I have to start w~th my abso~ute~r e and half.

taries. I used to have two; now I m up to three a

That s because the mail has doubled in volume. Bonnie

Gatewood, my number one secretary, runs the office and

keeps me and mv hectic schedule straight. She s the world S

best, ably assisted by Valerie Kiss, Linda Gasparovich, and

Sharon Gudenau.

Lots of other Chrysler people helped me get my facts

straight. I am most gratefid to Tom Denomme, Ben Bidwell,

, - Hilt and Wally Maher. I can t forget

Bill 0 B.r,e,n, Do, n. Y~ ~,m. e who, along wi.th m.e,f.e.,ad

Chris Pikulas .an~l ~ynn .r e,~,,_,,~_~o,.d ,g my first bool~. Nixie

every letter that came m as a ~ coherent

Morrison, my speechwriter and confidant, kept me

and concise, as he usually does; and Tony Cervone, our

resident I-Ienny Youngman, supplied me with his weekly

one-liners on the business world. "

Wes and Isla Small helped me survive two weddings as

the father of two brides in a year and a half. And other

friends, such as Bill Winn, Hank Carlini, Bob Brown, Jay

Dugan, Tom Clark, Carroll Shelby, Vic Damone, Bill Fugazy,

Glenn White, and Dr. Ivan Mader, just helped me survive.

The Bantam crowd was even more professional and more

fun the second time around. That includes Alberto Vitale,

Linda Grey, Stuart Applebaum, Nina I-Ioffman, Steve Rubin,

and Heather Florence. ~