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Acknowledgments
Three things made this book happen: a Japanese proverb, a group of friends, and a lucky break.
The words 
(fall down seven times, stand up eight) sustained my writing.
Kristen Ebert-Wagner’s expertise in the English language and software applications made this book possible. She brought out the best of my ideas and made them shine. She took away many burdens—formatting manuscripts, meticulously checking compliance in notation and style, indefatigably tracking people down to obtain permission letters, ensuring a complete and accurate bibliography, and even detecting and resolving problematic references.
Every single chapter in this book began and ended with the encouragement of Dolina W. Millar. To her, I give my most heartfelt thanks for her unfailing support, wonderful history lessons, enjoyable conversations, meticulous editing, and pick-me-up sticky rice. Pinky gave her time, ideas, and editing expertise without any thought of return. She was there throughout the entire journey. I feel so fortunate to be counted as one of her friends.