1.   An increasingly divided board must determine whether to oust the chairman, Dr. William F. Gibson, after a decade at the helm.

2.   Fear of union opposition to reforms led French officials to oust two chairmen in the last two weeks when they pushed for swift job and pension cuts.

3.   For example, as a member of what was then the Bank of Boston board, Van Faasen was among those directors who voted to oust chairman Ira Stepanian.

4.   Last year, management turmoil rocked the Philadelphia exchange when its longtime chairman, Nicholas Giordano, was ousted and Wallace took over.

5.   Rambaud gathered the support of the board and the shareholders, however, and the government has since denied it was trying to oust the chairman.

6.   The plan had been put forward because of a fear that if the Republicans tried to oust a chairman like Hatfield, Democratic votes could keep him in office.

7.   In a surprise move Friday, Putin ousted bank chairman Viktor Gerashchenko and asked parliament to replace him with First Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Ignatyev.

8.   The faction aligned with founder Ross Perot plans an emergency meeting in Nashville on Saturday, at which it will try to oust party chairman Jack Gargan.

9.   The Reform Party is striking back at its dissenting top officeholder, Jesse Ventura, by moving to oust chairman Jack Gargan, an ally of the Minnesota governor.