Faced with the absolute same decision, most men will shoot from the hip, relatively speaking, while most women will stand still and ask for more information.

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Now the committee is planning to ask for more information from Andersen - who were WorldCom's auditors as well as having done disgraced energy firm Enron's books - and from WorldCom.

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