1.  And her husband George, a previous chairman, plans to organise a petition in a bid to overturn the decision.

2.  Apple stock has almost doubled since the company forced out its previous chairman and chief executive, Gil Amelio, a month ago.

3.  All previous NASD chairmen have been securities industry executives.

4.  Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has taken a hands-off stance in contrast to previous chairmen William Kennard and Reed Hundt.

5.  He essentially shut down Fokker Aircraft and sold off a dozen other unprofitable companies that had been acquired under the previous chairman , Edzard Reuter.

6.  Its previous chairman resigned in May, and several banks that had supported the project, with the regional government in Valencia, also backed out.

7.  Lord Chadlington, the previous chairman of the house, resigned after a parliamentary committee accused his board of incompetence.

8.  Neither McGinn nor Henry Schacht, a previous chairman and chief executive who has returned to those jobs on an interim basis, could be reached for comment.

9.  Other previous DLC chairmen include former President Bill Clinton and House Minority Leader Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri.

10.  Previous Fed chairmen, in contrast, had been criticized for moving too late to bank the fires of inflation or stimulate a recovery.