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Former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling, whose testimony has been challenged by lawmakers, faces questioning before a skeptical Congress again Tuesday 151; this time along with other Enron officials whose versions of events conflict with his.Sherron Watkins, the vice president who warned former chairman Kenneth Lay in August of potentially serious accounting problems, is testifying at the same time as Skilling 151; who
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stanley uk ring the same witness table but it was clear Monday that Skilling and Watkins view events through different prisms.Bruce Hiler, Skilling s lawyer, said, We specifically requested Mr. Skilling be on the same panel with Sherron Watkins. He is looking forward to what will be Mr. Skilling s first specific conversation with Ms. Watkins about these matters. Retorted Watkins attorney, Philip Hilder: Mr. Skilling ought to know that this is a congressional hearing, not a conversation with Sherron Watkins, and he needs to answer the q
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You ;ve probably never heard of the Maleo 鈥?the endangered creature is found exclusively on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. But it is a fascinating animal. This New York Times piece calls the maleo a chickenlike bird, which, sure, we suppose is a decent enough comparison, in the sense that they ;re both egg-laying vertebrates with feathers, beaks and wings. But the juxtaposition seems a strange one once you ;ve spent some time getting to the know the maleo. Consider, for example, that when a maleo chick emerges from its egg which is about five-times the size of a chicken egg , it
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