1.   They agreed that an independent chairman should be appointed to the board.

2.   The directors Jim Johnston and Sandy Moffat are to stay on after the Deanses agreed that an independent chairman be appointed to the board.

3.   A committee established to examine Swiss banks will shortly appoint a chairman and an international accounting firm will be hired to scrutinize banks, he said.

4.   Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., Des Moines, appointed its chairman, Thomas N. Urban, to the additional position of chief executive.

5.   That could be why he is now complaining about the election commission, whose chairman he appointed and most of whose members were chosen by his party.

6.   The chairman will be appointed by the mayor and the speaker together.

7.   The Fed chairman is appointed for four years as the top policymaker, while also holding a dual appointment as a Fed governor.

8.   The mayor shares control of the agency with the governor and the schools chancellor, though under the law the mayor has more power because he appoints its chairman.

9.   The mayor appoints two, the City Council speaker names two, and the mayor appoints the chairman in consultation with the speaker.

10.   The two also shared a dark visage and a penchant for fierce partisanship, which led Nixon to appoint Dole chairman of the Republican National Committee.