1.   At Citizens Bank, Fish said, directors still wear ties to board meetings.

2.   A Rockefeller Center Properties board meeting yesterday to discuss the bids ended with no decision and deliberations will continue, a company spokesman said.

3.   Allen on Monday requested additional information, including transcripts of Nichols Co. board meetings along with records of company transactions involving officers and directors.

4.   He began bringing a toy machine gun to board meetings, pretending to fire it at members with whom he disagreed, Elrich said.

5.   He moved to Dune Deck about five years ago, attending a few condo board meetings but mostly keeping a low profile.

6.   Internal documents obtained by The New York Times show that board meetings were tightly controlled and troubling to some directors.

7.   John Hancock holds all the quarterly board meetings for its funds over a two-day period.

8.   Power has also made a point of refusing the fees normally paid to directors and of paying his own way to board meetings.

9.   She started going to board meetings.