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100	1		_aLewis, Reginald F.,
245	1	0	_aWhy should white guys have all the fun? : _bhow Reginald Lewis created a billion-dollar business empire / _cReginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker.
260			_aNew York : _bWiley, _c1995
300			_axvii, 318 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
650		0	_aAfrican American businesspeople
650		0	_aMillionaires _zUnited States
700	1		_aWalker, Blair S.
942			_cBK
505	0		_aA kid from East Baltimore -- Lewis's "demon work ethic": the high school years -- "I'm going to be a millionaire": Lewis at Virginia State -- No application needed: breaking down the doors of Harvard Law -- Building his own law practice: the years of struggle -- "Masterful" man: winning Loida Nicolas -- "I was not ready" -- Drexel, the bear, and the $18 million race: closing the McCall pattern deal -- Piloting McCall pattern deal -- Piloting McCall for a 90-to-1 gain -- The biggest deal of all: the billion-dollar LBO of beatrice -- International headaches and domestic roadblocks. Bravura and brinksmanship: closing the beatrice acquisition -- Taming a business behemoth -- A door to a new universe -- Connoisseur, philanthropist, citizen of the world -- "I am not afraid of death."