various temptations... Many partners gave it up for more lucrative
posts, some went abroad, some started their own businesses and some
died out of devotion to the creation of the dictionary," says Lu
Gusun, editor-in-chief of a recently published 4,203-page English-
Chinese Dictionary.
The Shanghai Daily comments, "As for Lu, he used coffee, cigarettes,
mustard and even alcohol to sustain his fighting spirit. He promised
not to go abroad, publish books or take any part-time teaching jobs
until the dictionary was complete."
