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DECEMBER 2014 VOL. 20 ISSUE 12<br />
What drives drain<br />
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TAP INTO A SUPPLY<br />
THAT'S BEEN GROWING<br />
FOR DECADES.<br />
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PUBLISHER'S LETTER<br />
Is Your Lab Manager<br />
Smiling?<br />
W<br />
ith this issue, managing editor<br />
Lisa Tocci wraps up her three-part<br />
report on our 2014 survey of U.S.<br />
lubricant industry salaries. We want to<br />
thank warmly the 465 anonymous industry<br />
executives who responded to our biannual<br />
survey. Thank you!<br />
Starting <a title="2014_12 - December 2014 - LNG page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/56e5a329?page=1"> DECEMBER 2014 VOL. 20 ISSUE 12 </a>
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<a title="2014_12 - December 2014 - LNG page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/56e5a329?page=3"> PUBLISHER'S LETTER Is Your Lab Manager Smiling</a>
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