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7、part-timewhileIproducedthefirstdraftofthebook.Iwasflatteredbyhisreluctanceandgratefulforhissupport.OthercolleaguesatShellwereinspira-tional,especiallyBetty-SueFlowers,AnupamKhanna,ChoKhong,MichaelKlein,DougMcKay,andJohnRobinson.AttheFinancialTimes,PilitaClark,AndyDavis,
8、ChrisGiles,AndrewGowers,JohnKay,JohnWillman,andMartinWolfgavemeopportunitiesandthenmadesureIdidn’twastethem.At