nd lots of play time--to say nothing of having the money to
play.
At the time Diana was employed at NERD, it was not unique for the
research professors to spend one or two afternoons a week on the golf
course, lake or ski slopes. Any research accomplished mostly fell to
the technicians paid by a grant or the university. Citizens who
donated money for research into various diseases would be astonished to
discover how little of their money went into the research, and how much
went into paying administrative salaries.
At Belmont, Friday afternoons turned into happy hours as medical
research professors with their light teaching loads relaxed together in
the conference room recuperating for the weekend.
When Jimbo was asked to identify the two evaluations--these being the
two from nursing nutrition that Lyle had said Jimbo had brought to him,
he professed not to recall how they were found or where. "I don't
remember if I found them or who found them," he stated. "I have seen
them before, but I don't know who discovered them."
Henry started to get nervous. This damn jerk who found those two
SmurFFs professed no recollection of it. He hurried into the breach.
"What you are saying, Jimbo, is that either you or Lyle found them but
you don't remember which."
Even with this prompting, Jimbo couldn't hack it. He looked over at
Henry and smiled without speaking.
"Yes, thank you. Of course, that's it." Henry testified for him and
then tried to prove through Jimbo's testimony that Diana had a history
of conflict with department members.
Once again, Jane observed, no examples were given. The names of the
individuals involved in these alleged conflicts were not given so there
was no confirmation of the testimony. When she tried to get specifics
on these conflicts, Jimbo answered that, "....it involved the kind of
facility utilization problems that one runs into in a small department."
Pursuing this, Jane asked, "Did they have anything to do with running a
course or what should be taught in a course?"
"No."
At this juncture, Esther, not to be outdone asked if the difficulty had
anything to do with her ability to teach.
Jimbo replied that her ability to teach had never been in question. He
also confirmed, much to Henry's chagrin, that Diana had worn a brace on
her wrist in December but could not remember exactly when.
Since he had been commandeered to help in the radiology lab after Diana
left the
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