In early April, when Enron reported its freshly scrubbed -- and apparently falsified -- first-quarter profits, Mr. Skilling bristled when one questioner on a conference call tried to ask questions about the company's balance sheet.
After one questioner on the call said it would be easier to understand Enron if it released financial statements for the special purpose vehicles that were set up to enter into such transactions as Marlin, Mr. Lay said the company "will look into providing" such statements.
During his appearance at Chicago's City Club, on February 18th, one questioner asked Burris, "Was it wrong of you to solicit funds for Rod Blagojevich at the same time he was considering you for the Senate?" Burris answered, "I was never considered for the Senate," an assertion that was met with murmurs of incredulity.
When one questioner called on Mr. Bush, if elected, to show "leadership" and force state officials to take down the flag, Mr. Bush said doing so would go against his philosophy that individual states should decide.
"I think it's a good sign you are here on Presidents' Day," one questioner said.
At the prompting of one questioner, Tyree put on the helmet he wore in the Super Bowl and demonstrated how he made the catch.
Law said everyone could do something on the day of peace and challenged one questioner: "What are you going to do on September 21, mate?
One questioner asked for advice on getting as rich as him.
And this same Obama is the strategic thinker who has, as one questioner put it, hit the reset button on America's key relationships — with Russia, with China, and elsewhere.
One questioner today sug gested this would create an eco nomic imbalance with areas of affluence and areas of extreme poverty.
