of others that in some respects conflict with some of Thomas’s public statements that were contained in his authorized biography. Moreover, the article does not challenge the principal claims made by Thomas, but rather permits the reader to draw his own conclusions regarding some of the relatively minor details. See Partington v. Bugliosi, 56 F.3d 1147, 1152 n. 9 (9th Cir.1995) (citing with approval Chapin v. Knightr-Ridder, Inc., 993 F.2d 1087, 1094 (4th Cir.1993), which held that a publication offering alternative versions of facts does not give rise to a defamatory implication); see also Chapin, 993 F.2d at 1094 (“[I]nquiry itself, however embarrassing or unpleasant to its subject, is not accusation.”); Phantom Touring, Inc. v. Affiliated Publ’n., 953 F.2d 724, 731 (1st Cir.1992) (<HOLDING>). Further, as the district court correctly
holding that no defamatory implication existed because the authors readers implicitly were invited to draw their own conclusions from the mixed information provided holding no defamation existed holding that identical instruction was sufficient to ensure that the jury would not draw improper conclusions from the preservation of their anonymity holding that rico claims were personal and plaintiffs were therefore entitled to sue on their own because their injuries were distinct from the injuries to creditors in general resulting from the diversion of corporate assets holding no liability existed under the circumstances