11.   Last month, Esther Dyson, interim chairman of Icann, said the board would likely hold an international lottery to pick the five test companies.

12.   Meanwhile, the Woodruff Arts Center board held its annual meeting Wednesday afternoon.

13.   Other canvassing boards held the line on counting ballots with missing postmarks.

14.   Price increases were often delayed for months while the board held hearings that were accompanied by street protests by labor and transportation unions.

15.   So far, the planning board is holding the line.

16.   The accounting board will hold its first public meeting on this issue Wednesday at its headquarters in Norwalk, Conn.

17.   The board is holding its monthly meeting Monday and today at De Soto High School.

18.   The boards hold immense sway.

19.   The board is holding its two-day monthly meeting at a Beaumont hotel.

20.   The board may hold another round of hearings in the case this fall, as it did last year in Baltimore.