What did ken lay do when bethany mclean was researching enron?

He called her editor and asked that she be taken off the story. Lay was trying to find a way to tamp down the negative press that Enron was receiving from its dubious accounting practices, and McLean's article was only fueling the fire against the company.

1 cup = 8 ounces

96 ÷ 8 = 12 cups

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