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...that he emerged from but by the one that followed him. In fact, according to the PBS film, the private Kelly was as "grounded" as his dance style. Unlike half of Hollywood in the 40s, he was not in analysis "Some people are successfully blocked," says playwright-screenwriter Arthur Laurents, "and he was one of them. He was happy with himself." His theme song could have been the solo he sings in "It?s Always Fair Weather": "I like myself...
...withdraw millions of dollars from "deferred-compensation accounts" even as retirees and former execs also owed money were refused the same right until it was too late. Other documents emerged that show how aggressively Enron used its financial clout to protect its interests. A memo from Enron's auditor Arthur Andersen discusses the "influence" and "access" Enron hoped to get in exchange for a contemplated $500,000 donation to the International Accounting Standards Board, which harmonizes accounting standards among nations--something Enron was presumably very interested in. Sources tell TIME that since 1989, Enron gave $46,000 to that body...
...Noted "At the end of the day, we do not cause companies to fail." JOSEPH BERARDINO, chairman of Arthur Andersen, at congressional hearings, defending his firm's role in the Enron collapse...
...DIED. INGE MORATH, 78, award-winning photographer and wife of four decades to playwright Arthur Miller; in New York City. Famed for her celebrity portraits as well as her extensive work in the Soviet Union and China, Morath spent over half a century with the Magnum photo agency. She produced more than two dozen books, including several collaborations with her husband. DIED. HILDEGARD KNEF, 76, gravel-voiced German star of post-WWII era films who found later success as a singer in musicals and as an author; in Berlin. Perhaps best known for her role in Germany's first movie...
...blame? Everybody else. Mintz and McMahon nudged the cloud upward toward Skilling (and Lay, and Buy and Causey and Kopper and Fastow). Robert Jaedicke and Herbert Winokur, two Enron board members trying to explain why they missed the whole thing, did likewise, throwing in Arthur Andersen and law firm Vinson & Elkins. Said Winokur: "It appears outside experts...failed us." Officials at both Arthur Andersen and Enron, added Jaedicke, "did not fulfill their duty...