<HTML>In a message dated 7/25/2002 3:17:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, michael@ecst.csuchico.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Worse yet, they merged, if I recall correctly while Rubin was Treas. Sec., even though it was illegal at the time, hoping that nobody would do anything. </BLOCKQUOTE> Yes. and I think at the time they declared that if what they were doing wasn't ultimately okay, they'd think about dissolving the merger after the fact- yeah right.</HTML>