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<div><font face="Charcoal" size="-2" color="#000000">"Company
officials had long denied that they illegally shut down plants to
create artificial shortages. In March 2001 - two months after the
recording showed how the Nevada plant was shut down- Mr. Lay called
any claims of market manipulation "conspiracy theories."
(NYTimes, 4/2/05)</font></div>
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