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To: BMcV who wrote (1187)	11/14/2000 8:34:56 AM
From: dantecristo	Respond to of 1929

Bruce, do you think this explains a motive for Felch? FALCON: If Sue Felch was making accusations that Mike Delfino was using abusive language towards her and making gestures, facial and/or hand gestures, and you interviewed these people and presumably if a video camera had been placed, had access to that information, and the individuals that you contacted deny, apparently, if I read this, deny that any such thing was occurring towards Sue Felch, are you saying with that information it was still he said/she said? POPPE: I will object to that question. It mischaracterizes the document. You can answer. FALCON: Was that how you left it, though, basically, he said/she said? HENNESSY: Mike and I had a discussion about that and it may have been a follow-up to the investigation, I don't recall, but where we had a discussion about his expressiveness. He indicated that he was a very expressive individual and that some people could misinterpret his expressions. He did not feel like he was directing anything particularly at Sue. He didn't feel like his use of inappropriate language was any better or worse than some other members of the lab. I don't recall exactly what was said after that, frankly. FALCON: But how was this fair treatment plan resolved or ended from your point of view? HENNESSY: I don't think it was ended. What I recall was that Mike had requested to meet with Dick Levy. And in and about the time that that request had occurred this lab incident, the sabotage thing came up. And I remember -- I don't know if it was directly from Dick or whether I had heard it from someone else, but I remember a comment that Dick didn't want to meet with anybody until that lab incident had been resolved. And that would have been the next step in the fair treatment.

To: BMcV who wrote (1187)	11/14/2000 11:03:02 AM
From: ima_posta2	Respond to of 1929

More on the $50,000,000 class-action lawsuit against VSEA & Susan B. Felch defendants! Once again, the despicable Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe attorneys representing the fascist Varian (VAR & VSEA), Susan B. Felch and George Zdasiuk SLAPPrs were outsmarted. Two time LOSERS in Federal Courts in 2000, the SLAPP is noticed in the California Sixth Appellate District where a ruling is expected in 18 to 24 months: geocities.com Dick (that's you Mr. Aurelio), this is a most protracted legal war in which daily Internet message board postings exposing the truth about you and your company gleefully go on day after day after day!

To: BMcV who wrote (1187)	11/15/2000 8:31:56 AM
From: dantecristo	Respond to of 1929

Did someone say "evidence tampering"? Here is one of Varian's allegations of defamatory statements: "(10) That Susan Felch, George Zdasiuk, Richard Levy, Kathy Hibbs, Craig Moro, or any other Varian employee, or Varian itself, has videotaped persons in company bathrooms, going to the bathroom, using the bathroom, or engaging in any private activities in the bathroom, or has otherwise invaded the privacy of any person in the bathroom;... (12) That Varian Associates, Varian Medical, Varian Semicondcutor, Susan Felch, George Zdasiuk, or Plaintiffs' attorneys destroyed or tampered with evidence;" geocities.com and here is a letter from Lynne C. Hermle, the Orrick partner, representing Varian: "...Furthermore, Delfino does not allege any facts showing that Varian had a duty to preserve the videotapes in question (which apparently were reused or discarded long before litigation between Varian and Delfino was contemplated). ..." geocities.com

To: BMcV who wrote (1187)	11/22/2000 3:33:52 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1929

Varian to repurchase 2 million shares NEW YORK, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. (NasdaqNM:VSEA - news) said Wednesday its board has authorized the repurchase of up to 2 million shares, or about 6.25 percent of its common stock. The Gloucester-Mass-based company said that, as of Sept. 29, it had about 32.1 million shares of common stock outstanding. The company said the stock would be bought from time-to- time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. In afternoon trading on Nasdaq, Varian was trading at $22-1/4, down 1/4 on the day. The stock has a 52-week range of $18 to $73-1/4.