61.   Slater requested the delay in a letter that was delivered late Saturday to Mac Fleming, the union president, and Thomas Downs, the president of Amtrak.

62.   Smith, who has taken a hard line as union president, denied that workers who stayed home Friday were engaging in an illegal strike.

63.   Stern and deputy commissioner Russ Granik represented the owners, and Hunter and union president Patrick Ewing represented the players.

64.   Supporters and opponents alike of Pierce say he alienated Bahr by expressing views without caring whether they offended the union president.

65.   Stephen P. Yokich, the union president, told Hargrove in early June that if a decision was made then, the UAW would choose Chrysler.

66.   The demonstrators repeatedly interrupted the opening speech by Yokich, the union president.

67.   The endorsement is a considerable risk for the union president, Randi Weingarten, because polls have showed Hevesi running behind Mark Green.

68.   The idealistic union president undergoes a thorough transformation.

69.   The Independent Review Board has the power to remove the union president permanently from office.

70.   The owners were represented by Stern, Granik and their attorneys, while Hunter, union president Patrick Ewing, Herb Williams and lawyers represented the players.