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Stewart has been under the gun since it was learned that on Dec. 27, 2001, she sold $228,000 worth of ImClone Systems stock and avoided a loss of $45,000 when the stock later plunged.

Stewart declined to discuss specifics of her case but did say she has lost an estimated $400 million since the scandal broke, mostly through declining value of her Martha Stewart Omnimedia stock.

Interesting.

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The irony in all this is that the trait which made her; being a hyper-control freak, being on top of every detail; has unmade her.

In the process of avoiding a stock loss (though significant), she has incurred the loss of hundreds of millions, and more important...her reputation.

If she had only, for once, not acted.

She HAD to act.

I'm not the first to say it. But it is so true.

Charachter is destiny.