51.   Approval of the merger comes three days after a Nynex board meeting Thursday, during which they hashed out most of the details.

52.   Another group, Change-N.Y., a longtime supporter of Pataki, has been more aggressive in attacking the bond act in editorial board meetings and public debates.

53.   As a young lawyer, he sat in on many board meetings.

54.   Anyway, I was introduced to the board meeting as Susan Weld, wife of Gov. Bill Weld of Massachusetts.

55.   As a QVC board meeting to weigh an offer from Comcast and Tele-Communications loomed, all sides were still negotiating.

56.   As a senior research associate of social demography at Cornell University and a trustee of the Population Council, she will be in town technically for a board meeting.

57.   As a young board member he was threatened with the sack for spending his time tinkering in the workshops and skipping board meetings.

58.   Arizona Regent Judy Gignac of Sierra Vista expressed support for the report at a board meeting this school year.

59.   As a former president of the American Bankers Association, an early backer of Farmer Mac, Holthus also felt entitled to ask questions at board meetings.

60.   As the institute has grown, Redford has begun to resemble a reluctant CEO, spending increasing amounts of time in board meetings.