<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 2/1/02 8:46:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, Beiskaldi@aol.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I really don't feel that it is chivalrous or honorable to draw opinions or place blame in an instance that most of us know nothing about except for incomplete, tertiary information we have received from biased parties.
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<BR> Seems to me that, at best, that's exactly what the BoD did in this instance. Many of the allegations made in this matter were put forth by people who have a personal dislike of the guy. Interestingly, an unusual number of these folks are either in, or affiliated with, a single household.
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