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Ninety percent of board members said they were there to make a difference in the organization.

No additional requirements are imposed on landowners and this board is not given any powers or authority other than to decide which projects meet the specified criteria.

Next year's budget has necessitated a fee increase across the board as our expenses have exceeded our revenues for the first time in a number of years. We recognize the increasing burden facing the parents of our children. We do everything in our power to keep fees and expenses under control; it is nice to finally see some recognition ... of the financial realities of parents and of running a sports association today.

Nicholls never supported the program. The program did not grow like the Board of Regents and the administration assumed it would. Nicholls started the program, but now wants to eliminate it.

I would be surprised if it passed because, even among the conservative board members, there are a couple of teachers. I would think that they would see the value in knowing about education.

When I looked at film of Thursday's game, they did some things that really gave us trouble but they just missed shots. They were sending a lot of guys to the offensive board and (Mike) Hill was getting a lot of offensive penetration.

We had a very good number of mayors participate this year. All the mayors rode out with regular volunteers as well as members of our advisory council and our board members.

My hope and my intention is that as long as the board is satisfied with the work that I'm doing that I will be able to stick with it for the long term and continue rolling out the program of work that we've set out for the business.

My goal is to convince this Board to let the Corps stay, so we can stay and try to appease the local contractors, which is the right thing to do. If I can't do it, I fail and we leave.

One of the things I'm most pleased about is that, so far, everyone we asked to come on the board accepted--it's a who's who of racing,

One of the things we need to do as the Board of Commissioners is to work with the school board to develop trust, so the public trusts these two groups to be responsible with whatever amount of money is provided.

One of the things the board has to do is be nimble. They have to be able to turn on a dime. Being able to be nimble and responsive is going to be one of the primary characteristics of the board.

One thing that I have learned from this (negotiations) is that I would like better communication between the board and staff.

One year gives the board a chance next January to decide if they want to go outside.

No North Carolina physician that we're aware of has ever been involved directly or indirectly in an execution. If we got a complaint, the board would have to look at that, consult with outside people and come to some decision.

Most airlines will take the wine on board the aircraft and taste it, because red wine in particular can taste quite different when drunk in-flight compared to on the ground.

More important (than heightened expectations of a policy switch next week) is what sort of policy framework the BOJ can present for the post-quantitative easing era, and there doesn't seem to be a consensus yet on this among the board members.

More often than not, when you have a bankruptcy and the company emerges -- particularly when new equity is invested -- you can expect the current board will no longer be in place. It's just normal.

No one on this board knew what was going on,

No one has come to any conclusions, and certainly the school board has not considered all the possibilities and the cost. For that reason, these working numbers should not be considered final or even that it will be the cost. It may be much lower.

No one has signed on to his view that the benefits are illegal. He has been authorized to make that argument in his own name but not on behalf of the City Council or the City of San Diego, ... I would never have voted to authorize him to litigate this illegality issue if the retirement board hadn't brought it up.

Of course, I've done small company things, too, but most of them have been nonprofit organizations, such as the Internet Society, and I'm on the board of a number of small companies.

My experience is that entrepreneurs who have taken the step to form a board of directors are serious about growth.

Maybe there won't be so many requests coming back to the Board as people have another source of funding.

People were very angry at the disrespect they feel the board continues to lay upon them.

Pepsi signed on with this shifting world view to drink and eat foods that are better for you, and their execution across the board has been flawless. They see a market that's growing and they go after it before anybody else.

Ned says he is leaving the board to return to teaching, but I must point out that, in a sense, he never left teaching, ... He has been instructing us all along, and we at the board have been his willing students.

Obviously, depending on how the board acts, we will have to look at that. But the fact is that this tax increase would not provide enough money for everything. We will be looking for other increases.

Obviously, every board member is entitled to their opinion. I'm a little surprised if there's information she has yet to receive from us.

Obviously, it's nice to get the first one in the conference and the guys played really, really well. It was probably the best performance the guys have had across the board in terms of executing and effort.

Obviously it was not the ruling we expected. We believe we were acting in the best interest of the students, the School Board and the taxpayers, and we'll continue to make our case and explain our actions.

Obviously I've got a great team of people within the company. You can't operate all by yourself. We have a good board of directors and a big bench, and they can make decisions if I'm not around.

Obviously, the Guidant board favors the certainty associated with J&J's offer. They've basically gotten the FTC to sign off with J&J. They just need shareholder approval.

Nyack College is an educational institute committed to training its students to serve both the church and the world. The chairman of the board has told the employees that a new president must embrace those core values and continue on the path that Dr. Schroeder has set us on.

NYSUT is pleased to partner with a respected organization like the College Board on such an important endeavor. We are making sure every student in New York receives a world-class education, and that historically under-represented groups get every chance to succeed. The vertical teaming program is a step in the right direction.

Now, we have certain positions that are rich in experience, but across the board it's the most inexperienced team that we've had,

Phil has done a tremendous job and we're glad to have him back on board another season. It's something we talked about a lot, his contribution to our success.

Phil made the offer to the board. This was not a question of the board coming to the Phil and saying, 'Phil, it's time,' ... That was not an offer we jumped at. But over the course of many, many board discussions, we decided we would accept Phil's offer as a way to get this behind us.

Phoenix coming on board gives it a real relevancy and legitimacy that they are going to help move the ball forward in a meaningful way.

People were cynical before that, and with some reason. It would be a whole lot better if politicians across the board conducted themselves in a way that didn't cause that.

Obviously, there are some very strong feelings here. The town board requested the state make a presentation to better see and hear the proposal. Please don't get argumentative.

Obviously, the township never intended to 'chill' the rights of employees before the board of commissioners. I understand why the ACLU took offense to that language.

New sailors get lost, it is a city on the water after all. It takes a little bit to get used to and it is overwhelming for the new sailors when they come on board but we all help each other.

right before you came, I almost completely tipped over like a board -- 'Timber!'

Right now, each company has its own board and then there is a separate board that governs the joint venture. Now it will just be part of one company, with one set of share owners, and that's going to make decisions a whole lot easier.

I have decided to set the tone of this hearing, and this is a closed hearing. Even if the board and Ms. Cherry waive their right to a closed hearing, it's still the hearing officer's decision.

I have explained my position and given my personal views in my own words, which I hope has been useful to the board and avoids further unnecessary speculation or any false impressions, which could undermine my personal position or that of the board.

I have charged these two distinguished leaders to harness the energy of the entire board and put forth strong, aggressive initiatives, ... The Louisiana Recovery Authority will help me bring the entire state together in the effort to rebuild Louisiana. It will be a unified voice with the single focus on rebuilding. It will show the nation that we can work across all of the old boundaries that once kept us apart.

I have been told by a member of the board of one of Canada's most prominent literary magazines that a submission of mine once caused a great deal of controversy.

I got the National Board of Review award, the New York Film Critics award and the Oscar nomination. Of course, I didn't get the Oscar, but it was very moving.

If we keep putting up zeros up on the board like that, you're going to see us out there in that order a lot.

I don't have any intentions of leaving and it's just good now the board have opened up negotiations.

I'd like to dispel a myth that the Fair Board is awash in money ... Whatever the city takes away is going to hurt.

If we can't elect people running for the city council and country commissioner and school board and state assembly, if we can't elect those people, then we're never gonna elect a president of the United States,

If this is going to be our publicly projected national image, I think we need to send the architects back to the drawing board to come up with a more inclusive, positive message.

If this is true, this is a big positive for Albertson's. The antitrust issue was overblown. There was some overlap, but I sensed that there were some other factors that made the board skittish.

If this ($14.95 million) resolution passes, Property and Purchasing would know what we have to take to the architect. There is no money spent with this resolution. A final design would come back to the county board before any money is spent.

If this doesn't spring board these guys I'll be surprised.

If they try to do it for private commercial purposes, they lose all their money. You lose it across the board if you try to take property for free enterprise purposes and not through the traditional eminent domain purposes.

I don't know whether he's going to have much input, but it would shock me if he didn't have some. He's talking to the people at the board who are writing this stuff and making sure that things look sensible -- something that he can live with.

I don't know. We'll have to go back to the drawing board and see what we can get done for Sunday.

If we're going to continue to bring high-tech jobs to Kansas and move our state forward, we need to strengthen science standards, not weaken them, ... Stronger public schools ought to be the mission of the Board of Education, and it's time they got down to the real business of strengthening Kansas schools.

Many of these grants exemplify our new direction to empower organizations with start-up funding. This quarter our board recognized several non-profit applicants who were beginning innovative projects in our priority areas of community development, economic development, education and social needs.

Let's concede that most journalistic enterprises need to make a profit, and to do that, they must be like supermarkets, offering a range of choices to their customers - international news, weather, sports, business, gossip, movie reviews and results of planning board meetings. But too often, journalistic supermarkets have become specialty stores,

Last year, the company's board and management claimed to act in the interests of stockholders by spinning off the tobacco business of RJR Nabisco,

Last year there were eight versions of the budget (the ninth version was passed by the board of education) ... This is version four. We'll probably do four or more of these (budgets) until it's adopted in September.

Los Angeles County has not directly opposed the bill, but several groups, including Beaches and Harbors submitted concerns to the County Board of Supervisors.

We're not dependent on just one line or grade of paper. We have a very diverse paper industry in the Fox Valley from fine paper to paper board to tissue. When there are fluctuating markets in one segment, usually the others offset any downturns.

We're not doing the small things it takes to win right now. We've got to go back to the drawing board and practice blocking out, faking before we pass, making free throws.

We made an isolated error, and we corrected it as promptly and forthrightly as possible. We have reviewed the miscalculation with our outside auditing firm and with our board of directors.

The plaintiff dropped John Mack from the lawsuit after they understood the fact he played no role in authorizing the employment agreements that are the subject of the suit and didn't join the board until after the agreements were approved.

The plan doesn't prevent or deter negotiations between potential suitors and the board, rather it encourages those that are willing to negotiate with the board in good faith.

(The plan) is something we need to do, but we also need more discussion among the board and hospital staff to make sure we are all in agreement and to hammer out details.

When trouble strikes, which it always does - bad economy, bad quarter, activists, takeover - when trouble strikes, those board members who don't understand or are not committed are not helpful.

When you consider the number of passengers on board these ships that run into the millions, cruising has never been safer than it is right now. Sixty percent of our business is cruise business.

We're shooting for this person to come on board June 12.

License buyers have asked for - and we attempted to provide - more advance notice of season dates to help them select their vacation days. However, since deer harvest data will not be available until mid-March and bear and wild turkey harvest results were just made available, the Board and staff concluded more time was needed before taking final action on the 2006-07 seasons and bag limits.

Leo brings a very broad and deep level of experience to Kelley Blue Book that stretches across the automotive industry -- from optimizing dealership operations to maximizing the opportunities of the Internet and e-commerce. He's coming on board to lead an aggressive growth strategy across multiple business units.

Let Willamette's board deal with the consequences. This is a great time for Weyerhaeuser to be out looking for deals.

Let's give them the benefit of the doubt right now. The time has come to tell them to stop using this (zoning freeze) as an excuse. It's just a matter of time before the redevelopment board takes steps and requires them to make improvements to the property,

Ms. Kaczynski felt that management failed to keep the board informed of important issues facing the company or failed to do so in a timely fashion.

Mr. (Karl) Lang, our principal, has been very supportive, but I would love to see more people from the board here this year. It is so important for these students. It really teaches them a lot. They learn what it takes to put something like this together, and it helps them to learn to present. Some students have to moderate sessions as well.

Since Mike came on board we have seen measurable results in the growth of our resort rental program, Suite Getaways (SM) . As we continue to expand our resort management relationships Mike is key to ensuring smooth transitions and to imparting the finest of hospitality services to resort guests. His diverse experience in the hospitality industry makes it possible for him to get to the bottom of challenges and opportunities with little difficulty. His eye for detail, strong operations knowledge and motivation allows him to focus on result-oriented leadership.

My main goal is to be the No. 1 American and the No. 1 player in the world. If an American is on top of the leader board every week, it will bring more people into the game of golf.

My impressions are that the board has decided that they can do what they want to without input from the membership, that they feel like they're under no supervision otherwise (and) that they're free to do whatever they want to.

Me and my coach (John Smith) will go back to the drawing board and set our goals for next year . . . right now trying to beat the Yanks in Osaka.

Mobile computing is an important part of Eclipse's future and supports our goal of delivering a universal tools platform. We are pleased to have an industry leader like Nokia on board as a Strategic Developer and actively leading key new projects focused on J2ME and mobility.

Mike requested a meeting with the full board of directors, and I was happy to oblige. Mike has not told me exactly what it is he wants to say, or what he expects out of the meeting, but it will be useful to hear his side of a story that has obviously stirred up so much emotion.

Most people, including those strongly in the Active Directory camp, seem to think that it's a first-generation directory service and it's not quite there, it's not quite as competitive across the board as far as NDS is from Novell,

Most people in the market see the BOJ scrapping the quantitative easing policy at its board meeting on April 28 as a done deal.

Mr. DeLay explained to officials what he has always said publicly: His role with respect to TRMPAC was limited to serving on the political action committee's advisory board along with other elected Texas officials and to appearing at fundraising events.

She always struck me as someone who came prepared, that had done her homework, that had passion for young people and was not afraid of hard work. She attended committee meetings. She did her best to try to work with other board members. She and her family sacrificed a tremendous amount of her personal time. In the end, what else can you ask of a board member?

She had the foresight just as her grandfather had the foresight about supermarkets. She convinced the board of directors that this was a great future, and it is a direction the food industry is going to go and that we needed to get in on the ground floor.

Most of the time, adults say they are just here to watch. I always offer to give them my helmet and my board. I know that if I get people on the hill, they'll be the ones holding the board over their heads at the bottom.

She rides a freestyle board against girls who ride race boards and still gets down the hill faster. I think she underestimates how good she really is.

She has been a pretty strong presence at the company for a long time, and was obviously a big driver in the launch of Weekend Edition. The fact that she's leaving by mutual agreement indicates that the board is becoming more active, and is willing to make tougher decisions.

When I was at the CIA I asked my civilian advisory board to tackle some tough questions. Among the toughest: In a political culture that every day demands more transparency and more public accountability from every aspect of national life, could American intelligence continue to survive and succeed? That jury is still out.

Major League Baseball is fortunate to have a man of Jimmie Lee's experience, intellect and dedication already on board to handle such a complex and important position as the chief of our baseball operations. Over the years, he has demonstrated considerable skill in working through the labyrinth of our minor league system. I have great confidence that he will be an enormous success in this key position.

Scotty writes all checks and approves all checks. There is no board oversight.

Shares are not doing too well across the board this morning,