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appily ever afterl What is it about this story
that inspires so many? Perhaps it’s the sympathy for the
title character, the fantasia of the pumpkin carriage, the
optimism of the Fairy Godmother, or, in this case, the
breathtaking dance by the Moscow Festival Ballet. You’ve
read it many times. Now, witness CINDERELLA in its
most magical and enchanting form, ballet.
CINDERELLA
Moscow Festival Ballet | Company of 50
Saturday, February 7 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 8 at 2:00 PM
TICKETS
845-1 234
www.MSCOPAS.org
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PATRICIA S. PETERS LAGNIAPPE LECTURE SERIES:
How does a ballet become a fairy tale? Join us for an informal discussion
about CINDRELLA with a representative from the Moscow Festival Ballet.
Presented by The OPAS Guild, the discussion will be held one hour prior to
the performances in the Forsyth Center Galleries of the MSG.
buy tickets,
be inspired
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AGGIELIFE
THE BATTALION Thursday, January29,
Merrill Lynch official testifie
as domestic diva’s trial begin
By Erin McClam
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Prosecutors began laying the
foundation of their case against Martha Stewart,
while her attorney suggested the government’s pur
suit of the homemaking queen was reminiscent of
George Orwell’s Big Brother novel “1984.”
Stewart’s trial got under way Tuesday before a
jury of eight women and four men. They heard three
hours of opening statements that outlined starkly
different portrayals of Stewart’s sale of nearly 4,000
shares of biotechnology company ImClone
Systems.
The prosecution’s first witness, a Merrill Lynch
& Co. official, testified that Stewart’s ex-stockbro
ker — accused of tipping Stewart off
that ImClone founder Sam Waksal
was dumping his company’s stock —
had signed an agreement prohibiting
firm employees from discussing one
client’s transactions with another.
Prosecutors say Stewart and the
broker, Peter Bacanovic, later lied to
cover up the tip. Waksal later admitted
he had early word of a negative gov
ernment report about ImClone.
The two claim they had struck a
deal earlier in December to sell
Stewart’s 3,928 shares of ImClone
when it fell to $60 per share.
The other government witness who
testified Tuesday was Daniel Lynch,
acting CEO of ImClone, who told
jurors about the mechanics of the com
pany’s application for government
approval of the drug Erbitux in 2001.
U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman
Cedarbaum ordered the trial suspended for
Wednesday because of heavy snow forecast for the
New York area.
Testimony was to resume Thursday — probably
including Douglas Faneuil, a former Merrill assis
tant and the government’s star witness against
Stewart and Bacanovic.
Faneuil is expected to testify that he passed the
Waksal tip from Bacanovic to Stewart — testimony
that, if jurors believe it, would poke holes in the
Stewart-Bacanovic $60 agreement.
Lawyers for both defendants have already hinted
they will attack Faneuil’s credibility, portraying him
as a repeated liar who was willing to tell the gov
ernment anything it wanted to hear in exchange for
a plea deal.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Patton Seymour
said Stewart had sold ImClone on “a secret tip” that
no one else had, then told an avalanche of fe
save her reputation and enormous fortune.
And she said Bacanovic made sure thaUo
Waksal’s sale was passed along to Stewan.
“He knew he couldn’t do it,” she said. “B«
didn’t want his friend Martha Stewart sitting
stock that was about to be obliterated by badne
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government’s pursuit of the domestic style-)!
was reminiscent of George Orwell’s Big Bk
novel “1984.”
He lashed out at Congress for leaking in the;
mer of 2(X)2 that Waksal had directly tipped St
about the Erbitux decision, suggesting it w*
work of politicians hungry for attention in
midterm election.
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she did not recall such a tip.
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would hear evidence that Ste
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company's stock fell. Stewart stood to loseSK
lion. Denying that she was tipped, Seynxwi
was “another pure and simple lie.”
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own interests ahead of her own investor,
prosecutor said. “And so she lied over and
during a key period, to try to keep the ptv;
MSLO from falling.”
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that include obstruction of justice and secclf
fraud, but would get a far lighter penalty ifcop
ed. Bacanovic is also charged with five counts
faces a maximum 25 years.
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