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To: Michael Bakunin who wrote (91705)	11/4/1999 2:29:00 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Michael, >>>I am specifically interested in the word "struggling";<<< So it comes down to this. Does struggling mean that 4Q earnings will be about $1.98B? If he said trying to mean earnings will be about $2.08B. And, if he had said endeavoring to I suppose that could translate to $2.21 B in 4Q earnings. For most of us ordinary people, we really don't know the difference between $1.98B or $2.21B. But, we are smart enough to know that earning $1.98B is a lot of money and that $2.21B is even much more money. We also know that very few companies on earth are able to earn on a consistent basis over $1B each quarter. If they are this successful and this rich (at a level only a handful of organizations have every achieved on this planet), why would they consider telling "Christmas lies" and trying to deceive you into thinking they are doing even better than they are? This conspiracy thing doesn't make much sense. Regards, Mary