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To: TGPTNDR who wrote (62100)	11/4/2001 8:30:09 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Failure happens enough that you better turn your Athlon eXPloder off when you leave the house. Either that or install a halon fire extinguisher system. As long as you have a working smoke alarm you can leave your eXPloder turned on when you go to bed.

To: TGPTNDR who wrote (62100)	11/4/2001 8:32:25 PM
From: Nutty Buddy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

AMD has seen a huge surge in buying. Could be the beginning of something positive. It's at the top of my relative volume surge table for Friday. Just click on "Money Inflow Surge": home.mindspring.com Buddy

To: TGPTNDR who wrote (62100)	11/4/2001 9:16:03 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Dateline NBC, 1991. An interesting account: Wednesday, October 5, 1994 from 11:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m -- Room TBA. Law alumnus Lloyd Milliken, a senior partner at Locke Reynolds Boyd & Weisell, will discuss the famous litigation case he handled on behalf of General Motors against "Dateline NBC". The powerful battle began when "Dateline" aired on their national br oadcast a rigged truck explosion to illustrate design flaws in the fuel tanks of certain GM pickups. The crash tests were conducted in Indiana by a local company. Shortly following, Milliken was called by the automaker to look into the matter, which the y viewed as suspicious. As a result of intense field investigative work, (he actually combed through local junk yards and salvage lots to find the two trucks used in the crash tests) Milliken was able to establish that tampering with the trucks--and not the impact of the collision--had caused ignition during the tests. Three weeks later, in an almost unprecedented admission, "Dateline" announced on its public broadcast that it was improper to use simulated crash tests as the program had done in an attem pt to prove its contention that GM pickups exploded when hit from the side. NBC also agreed to reimburse GM roughly $2 million dollars, and in exchange, GM agreed to drop the defamation suit it had filed against NBC. A truly fascinating case involving First Amendment rights, corporate responsibility, and product liability. Mr. Milliken will show actual videotape footage of the simulated crash tests and discuss his investigative work that lead up to the public ret raction by NBC. The presentation will also include the opportunity to discuss freedom of the press issues and careers in civil litigation and products liability. Please be sure to attend. law.indiana.edu A more official version: media.gm.com DETROIT -- General Motors today filed suit against the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), charging that its Dateline NBC program rigged a car-truck crash with incendiary model rocket engines to irresponsibly portray that GM's 1973-1987 full-size pickup trucks are prone to fires in side impact collisions. GM also said the program was part of an orchestrated campaign by plaintiff lawyers and others to create a "poisoned" public and litigation climate in which an objective engineering evaluation and fair assessment are very difficult. The November 17, 1992, Dateline NBC segment, "Waiting To Explode?", featured a crash said to be at "around 30 mph" of a passenger car into the side of a 1977 Chevrolet pickup. A fire was ignited. But a second crash, said to be at "about 40 mph," failed to produce a fire. That truck, a 1980 Chevrolet pickup, was also equipped with rocket engines which were ignited at or just before the moment of impact.