1.   Company spokesman Al Comeaux said the board probably will award bonuses later in the year.

2.   Mayor Rudolph Giuliani argued passionately that the measure would mean extra costs for the city and make financial planning more difficult, since the state board awards shorter contracts.

3.   Still, several members of the audience questioned whether that return merited the lavish severance and stock option packages that the board awarded management in the last year.

4.   The board awards such certifications to teachers who demonstrate their skills by taking a series of tests and showing samples of their work in a portfolio.

5.   The board has not awarded so many charters to one group before.

6.   The union lobbied heavily in Albany for the change, in the belief that the state board would award larger salary increases to the department.

7.   This year the board awarded the Tanning Prize to A.R. Ammons.

8.   Two state boards award the overwhelming majority of charters.

9.   An immigration board also awarded Kiareldeen permanent residency in the United States, declaring he posed no threat to national security.