1.   A committee vote on eliminating affirmative action preceded the board vote, and only one member, Edward Gomez, a UC-Riverside student, voted no.

2.   A date for a Bank of America board vote on the sale of the fund group has not yet been announced, a Bank of America spokesman says.

3.   Allegations of stacking the board, changing terms of the agreement and reconfiguring what constitutes a majority board vote were hurled at one another.

4.   Buffett told Gillette after the board vote that Berkshire still intends to vote its shares in favor of the acquisition.

5.   Christie said that a board vote to sell Disney holdings should not hold any political repercussions for Gov. George W. Bush.

6.   Davis, who chairs the board committee that oversees the Permanent School Fund, had tried to block the board vote on selling Disney stock.

7.   Crew and several board members have been unhappy with the current secretary, Bruce Gelbard, and want a board vote to replace him.

8.   Despite its size, the contract was approved by top prison officials without a board vote.

9.   Donaldson announced the board vote from a podium overlooking the trading floor of the exchange, and traders greeted it with lusty applause.

10.   He cannot overrule a board vote to proceed with the execution.