QWhat was in the hypodermic needle that was injected into one of the heat-sealed units?
AThey weren't injecting anything into the bag. They were removing "sealed" air from within the bag. Don Cherry's (Nicholas Sadler) group was performing the diagnostics on the shipment of 10 heat-sealed units that came directly from the Malaysian plant. The novel explains that the "PPU 7 11(!) 52" scribbled on the notebook refers to "particulates per unit" and is a measurement of particles in the air. The specs maintained that they were supposed to use "level 7" air handlers, which should have resulted in a PPU reading of 11, but the reading obtained by diagnostics was 52, a clue that there was a problem with the cleanliness of the Malaysian production line.
QDoes Tom win the sexual harassment charge?
AYes. It turns out that Tom's cell phone was on during his encounter with Meredith, and the whole thing was recorded on John Levin's (Pat Asanti) answering machine.
QWhat is 'Disclosure' about?
ADigiCom, a Seattle software company, is planning a $100 million merger with another company, Conley-White. Much of the credit for bringing about the merger goes to operations executive Meredith Johnson (Demi Moore), so Bob Garvin (Donald Sutherland), founder and president of DigiCom, is planning to name Meredith as the new vice president. Meredith, a former girlfriend of production manager Tom Sanders (Michael Douglas), uses her position to force Tom into having sex with her. Tom files a charge of sexual harassment against Meredith, and Garvin is afraid that it will result in Conley-White backing out of the merger, so they cook up a plan to get Tom fired.
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