1.   A spokeswoman for the chancellor, Chiara Colletti, said that a majority of the five trustees had approached Crew last week with their proposal to dismiss Ms. Alfalla.

2.   But how she and the other trustees will ultimately choose to deal with those differences remains to be seen.

3.   But Thomas Young, the former chairman, resigned in April, and two of the other trustees are holdovers whose five-year terms have expired.

4.   By statute, four of the six trustees are members of the administration, including Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Donna Shalala, secretary of health and human services.

5.   Except for her stepson, Nancy said the other trustees have rarely visited Irsay.

6.   He wrote an indenture specifying that the five trustees should govern for life.

7.   Neither Mrs. Procope nor Lois disclosed to the other trustees that their companies were receiving income from their dealings with Adelphi.

8.   She and the other trustees say that the relationship is legal and that Adelphi benefited because her company gave good service.

9.   Should the other trustees vote to remove him, his vote counted for one more than their combined total.

10.   The four trustees are Asem, Charles Brown, Bob Strecker and Bruno DiCapite.