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I.i brary ojcongress Cataloging-in-publication Data:
Bauer/ Joel 1960-
How to persuade people who don't want to be persuaded : get what you want-
every timeL /Joe1 Bauer/ lvlark I-e'o,.
p. cm.
lncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-471-64797-7 (hardcover)
1 . Persuasion (Psycholomr) 1. l-evy/ lvlark/ 1962- ll. 'Tltle.
81:637.174832 2004
153.8 '52.--(1(222 2003027633
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For my mother, Carol, who never said, ''lt cannot be
done/'' and my wife, Cherie, who said, ''ls that a11?''
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For my mother, Rhoda, who read me Tr'etgsgre Js/tggk, and
my wife, Stella, who can persuade with the best of them.