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Jurors literally leaned forward in their seats scribbling notes as whistleblower Sherron Watkins described the last critical weeks in the fall of Enron, as she testified during week seven of the fraud and conspiracy trial of former top executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling.
Watkins took the witness stand wearing the same purple suit she sports on the website advertising her $30,000 speeches, and weathered the ire of defense attorneys, who implied her testimony was little more than another stop on her book tour, in an often testy afternoon.
Watkins started with the moment she discovered the company was hiding losses. "The math on the spreadsheet didn't add up," says Watkins, a certified public accountant. "This was not just aggressive accounting, but fraudulent accounting."
Harvard’s softball team saw its second weekend of action in Miami, Fla. at the Blue and Gold Felsburg Memorial Tournament, hosted by Florida International University.Much like last weekend, it was an up-and-down affair filled with close games for the Crimson, as they finished the tournament...
The Harvard softball team may seem to have a lot working against it—the departure of three non-seniors, the harsh New England weather, and a schedule that includes only five homestands, only two of which are Ivy contests. But Crimson coach Jenny Allard isn’t...