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                    The Court:  It encompasses it, but the concern                    
               that I have, though, Mr. Fishman, is that it could be                  
               that she [Louise] did a great deal during 1988 and                     
               didn’t do anything in ’91.  And there is no way to                     
               confirm that from what you’re saying; isn’t that right?                
                    The Witness:  Other than speaking to her, that’s                  
               correct.[14]                                                           
          Fishman’s blind reliance on the specific data is especially                 
          exemplified by the following colloquy between Fishman and the               
          Court:                                                                      
                    The Court:   When he described to you that Louise                 
               Fournier negotiated fuel purchases, * * * did you come                 
               to understand that she did that every day, every week,                 
               every month, every year?  How often did that happen?                   
                    The Witness:  I don’t know.                                       
                    The Court:  * * * you indicate that she managed                   
               the Company’s banking relationships.                                   
                    The Witness:  Yes.                                                
                    The Court:  Where did you get that information,                   
               the same source?                                                       
                    The Witness:  Yes.                                                
                    The Court:  Did you independently verify that?                    
                    The Witness:  No.                                                 
                    The Court:  What banking relationships did she                    
               manage?                                                                
                    The Witness:  I think they were the day-to-day                    
               banking relationships, the signing of the checks —-                    
                    The Court:  That’s more ministerial.                              



               14 And speaking to Louise was not possible because she was             
          dead.                                                                       





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