Acknowledgments

An author would have a difficult time completing any manuscript

without some assistance. As a teacher and practitioner, my assistance has come from hundreds of students and co-workers, some
for positive results, some for negative. I cannot recognize everyone,
but a few that come to mind among students have been Gregory
Gutenko, Charley and Nancy Welborn, Karen Foss, Joe Tankersly,
David Garfield, Sarah Fife, and Dominic Sachse. A special thanks to
Michael Carr and Dep-Wah Davis for their assistance with this text.
Professionals include the Wormington twins and Murray Nolte
from WDAF-TV days. Help from faculty came from Sam Scott,
Gaylord Marr, Elizabeth Czech-Beckerman, Tom Hoffer, Norm
Medoff, Jennings Bryant, Ray Fielding, and Ted Stanton. Larrie
Gale warrants special thanks for his assistance on this text.
My relationship stretches for over 15 years with editors from Focal
Press, during that time I have had the pleasure of working with
Philip Sutherland, Mary Lee, and Lily Roberts. For Amy Jollymore,
Doug Shults, and Elinor Actipis who guided me to the final paragraph of this book.