Kenneth Lay (CEO) died in 2006 after he had been found guilty but before he could be sentenced. Jeffrey Skilling (ex-CEO) was sentenced to 24 years and 4 months. Even Fastow’s wife was involved and she was sentenced to one year for helping her husband hide money. He plea-bargained and received ten years without parole, and became the key witness in the trials of others. Andrew Fastow was the Chief Financial Officer. 20 Company at the heart of an early 2000s scandal : ENRONĪfter all the trials following the exposure of fraud at Enron, several of the key players ended up in jail. Back in the late 16th century, quarters were a portion (quarter) of a town reserved for a military force. We use the term “quarters” for a place of abode, especially housing for military personnel. Soon after, Lightner formed the group Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). 18 Nonprofit with the tagline “No More Victims” : MADDĬandace Lightner lost her 13-year-old child to a drunk-driver in 1980. Both songs are based on a 1967 French tune called “Comme d’habitude”. ![]() If you listen to David Bowie’s 1973 song “Life on Mars?”, you might notice a similarity to Frank Sinatra’s 1969 hit “My Way” (written by Paul Anka). ![]() 17 Bowie song that begins with the lyric “It’s a God-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair” : LIFE ON MARS Today Ben & Jerry’s has locations in over 20 countries around the world, and theirs was the first brand of ice-cream to go into space. The following year they opened an ice cream parlor in an old gas station in Burlington, Vermont. 14 Ben & Jerry’s sundae with an estimated 14,000 calories : VERMONSTERīen Cohen and Jerry Greenfield did a correspondence course on making ice-cream in 1977 that was given by Pennsylvania State University’s creamery. The race format is used all over the world now, but the Hawaiian Ironman is the event that everyone wants to win. The first triathlon was run in 1978, with fifteen starters and only twelve finishers. The idea was that whoever finishes first would be called “the Iron Man”. The events that were mimicked in the first triathlon were the Waikiki Roughwater swim (2.4 miles), the Around-Oahu Bike Race (115 miles) and the Honolulu Marathon (26.2 miles). ![]() The debaters decided to combine three local events to determine the answer, inviting athletes from all three disciplines. They were questioning whether runners, swimmers or bikers were the most fit athletes. The idea for the race came out of a debate between some runners in the 1977 Oahu Perimeter Relay. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies AcrossĪlso known as (aka) 10 Like the start of an Ironman race : SWUMĪn Ironman Triathlon is a race involving a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride, and a marathon run of just over 26 miles.
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