1.   People seem to be very receptive to the fact that I am a director from Hong Kong.

2.   Somewhere in the Great Hall, as luck would have it, were two managing directors from Salomon Brothers.

3.   Vince Luck was brought in as finance director from Northern Foods.

4.   American Express and W.R. Grace have banned outside directors from also serving as consultants, with a special exception at American Express for Henry Kissinger.

5.   And each chose its new music director from outside the star-studded international firmament.

6.   Another scenario is that shareholders send directors from both groups to the new board, extending the power struggle that has raised the performance of the business.

7.   Apparently frightened by the lawsuit, the two nominee directors from Sark quit and left Thornton in corporate free fall.

8.   At Aetna, Smith was credited with contributions that ranged from recruiting more directors from outside the Hartford area to instituting a system that emphasized cost effectiveness and accountability.

9.   Athletic directors from every conference are very positive about a plan.

10.   Barakett and one director from the existing board would form a strategic committee of two to plot the future of the company and its top executives.