Many of the loans had been granted to poor people, who would not have qualified without signed letters from Ms. Madikizela-Mandela.
"The letter qualified for what was requested," said Bynum, who added that if the link between Gipp, Weeks and her daughter were established, "it was a medical situation".
But he acknowledged that he should have qualified his original letter to Mr. Waxman to reflect the possibility that his contacts involving Enron had been more extensive.
Modelled on the highly successful "teach first" drive to increase teacher numbers, it will see all newly qualified doctors receive a letter setting out the positive aspects of life as a GP, such as a close connection with patients.
"In other words, the DOJ and the court drew conclusions about the origins of the child's health problems based on presumption rather than qualified scientific evidence," the letter reads.
Q: After applying for hundreds of jobs that I was qualified for, receiving two rejection letters and thinking direct mail has a better response rate at 1 to 2 percent, I feel unemployable.
That approval had come, the F.D.A. letter said, after qualified reviewers working for Coast had found the advertisement unacceptable.
"Status: Not qualified," said one blunt rejection letter he shared with me.
I'm not sure that "Secret Admirer Letter' qualifies as "bizarre," but you know what?
"Such an exemption would provide a significant financial advantage for qualifying businesses," the letter states, "addressing the barrier to entry created by capital constraints".
