ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks go to Steve Saffel for charting the course, to Doug Zartman forcoordinating the pieces, to Eric S. Trautmann for polishing ’til itsparkled, to Eric Nylund who led the way inThe Fall of Reach , to NancyFigatner and the Franchise¹ Development Group for their support, and to JasonJones, who, along with the rest of the outstanding Bungie team, created onehelluva pulse-pounding game.

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n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。