and how little import is
placed on it. They could confirm that the evaluations were often
laying around on someone's desk or in the secretaries' office.

"They could explain that the evaluations got mixed together from year
to year and unless one happened to be dated, there was no way to
separate one year from the next."

"They could tell you the reason for the problems that occurred in the
radiology course and affirm that my manual was plagiarized.

"Being right there where the business of the department is carried out,
they could tell you that one of Lyle's first acts when he came into the
department six years ago was to eliminate my position. When I
protested this act of discrimination to the Attorney General's Office
and they brought charges, he claimed that he had only told me that he
would keep me if he had the funds...."

"You are saying....you are painting a picture of suspicion and
allegation that are hearsay and unsubstantiated," Anuse interrupted,
bald pate aflame with anger.

"Correct. And we've heard tons of unsubstantiated hearsay in testimony
from previous witnesses."

"That doesn't matter. We are only interested in these documents,
nothing else. Those are side issues and not a part of this
investigation."

"They most certainly are a part of it. If what you say is true, the
dean would have just written one sentence in his letter. He would have
written, 'I want her out of here because....' Instead, he wrote two
pages filled with unsubstantiated hearsay and charges of
insubordination and dishonesty based on Lyle's accusation and I want to
answer them!"

"Nonsense, the charges are clear. You forged seven SmurFFs. The rest
was only a chronology of the events."

"But the chronology is untrue and biased."

"No. Everything is based on the testimony of the handwriting witness,
we just filter through the rest of the material." Anuse turned to the
chair, a bored look on his face. "We waste time with this useless
trivia." He had just spent the last few minutes in full sneer, trying
his best to beat Trenchant to her knees with the sheer force of his
position of power. Forced to desist by the negative vibes he was
getting from most of the panel, he took refuge in assuming the victor's
pose.

"The panel asked the question, 'why didn't I have witnesses from the
department.' I merely answered it," retorted Trenchant, pugnaciously.

"Call your next witness." Henry fairly bellowed as he trie