In a bizarrely clumsy move for a multibillion-dollar company, Theranos deleted several claims from its Web site while Carreyrou was reporting his article, including a sentence that read, "Many of our tests require only a few drops of blood".
On a nearby wall his son later placed a dedication, including a sentence that was to become one of the most famous of all monumental inscriptions: "Lector, si monumentum requiris, circumspice" ("Reader, if you seek a monument, look about you").
It is some comfort that he has several opportunities to avoid serving out his full term — including a sentence reduction by a military appeals court; the possibility of parole, for which he will be eligible in about eight years; or a grant of clemency by a board that considers requests from service members.
In 2006, The Scotsman ran a piece about her including a sentence that remains permanently etched in my mind: "Underneath the superficiality of a woman who is so spoilt that she sneers at the wrong car, who uses sex as a weapon, who inflates and deflates her breasts as if they were attached to a balloon pump, is a woman who has not had an easy life, however much money she has made".
"All options, including a sentence of imprisonment, are open to the court". McKillop will be sentenced next month.
If you've worked for a small, lesser-known company, including a sentence or two about what the company does will assist a recruiter in fully understanding your background.
