1.   If the committees approves the plan, the full bridge board would act on the proposal Friday.

2.   The National Union of Public Employees said the way in which the board had acted was disgraceful and called for the resignation of all the members.

3.   A state trial judge approved the seizure, saying the board was acting within its general condemnation authority.

4.   After the boards acted, Colkitt called himself to a shareholder meeting and approved the mergers.

5.   But Thompson noted that a board-run search had produced Crew, proving that the board could act quickly and effectively.

6.   Further complicating the picture is the fact that boards act collectively.

7.   If the board does not act, Bradley would use the surplus to cut taxes.

8.   In any of these cases, the board is acting in the role of follower rather than leader.

9.   In retrospect, he said, he should have stepped aside and let the accounting board act.