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Five out of four customers said: Be wary of
numbers
By Frederick Marks
As professionals, we consider numbers every day. However, it's not
the process of arriving at a particular number that's important to us,
it's what the number represents. The simple fact is that numbers are
made up of other numbers.
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Albert H. Hall Award: E. Ray
Burnett
E. Ray Burnett, CPPO, began his public service in 1979 and recently
retired from the city of Kansas City as commissioner of purchasing and
supplies. Prior to his appointment in Kansas City, Burnett served as the
purchasing director for the city of Dayton, Ohio, and the city of North
Little Rock, Ark.
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