Hello, Ed -- In a message dated 2/26/03 11:31:24 PM, you wrote: << Friends: Is it not sad, but interesting that the very company which two years ago desired the destruction of a precious Pilgrim site in Leyden is in the throws of turmoil for recently overstating it's earningd by $500 million. AHOLD once wanted to develop the property on which Pilgrim structure-remains now occupy........AHOLD acquiesced two years ago, thanks to Dr. Jeremy Bangs, and decided not to pursue the destruction of the site but they are in it deep today--with financial troubles worldwide..........>> Just out of curiosity, what Pilgrim site in Leyden were they lusting to destroy? And who is Dr. Jeremy Bangs, to whom, presumably, we should be grateful? Thanks for the interesting anecdote, Cheers, Mignon Cameron