• At least one recent board-level discussion got so loud that it was audible in nearby offices.

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  • Unfortunately, the incident took place on the top deck of the bus and therefore out of our driver's eyeline and no-one on board approached our driver to report a disturbance.

    BBC: Girl, 14, raped by two men on bus in Pollok, Glasgow

  • During their November tour, England had lost all five of their one-day games against India before the Indian cricket board cancelled the final two one-day internationals in the wake of the attacks.

    BBC: Loss of tour costs Pakistan $40m

  • Parents complained of a lack of choice and of high-handed treatment from the school board: one aggrieved father who grew up in bureaucracy-racked India said the board's behaviour reminded him of home.

    ECONOMIST: Has Wake County thrown out the baby with the bathwater?

  • Aventajado also runs a sort of one-stop mini-board of investments with a team of lawyers, investment bankers and financiers.

    CNN: THE TROUBLESHOOTERS

  • In the school board election last June Mr Riordan drew on his own money and that of his circle of wealthy friends to back four candidates, one an existing board-member and the other three newcomers, with the aim of getting a majority who shared his impatience with the state of the schools.

    ECONOMIST: A lesson in how to count

  • Previous reviews were piecemeal, covering roughly five departments a year, but this one will be across-the-board: a powerful cabinet committee will review categories of spending that cover more than one department.

    ECONOMIST: Public spending

  • Drury pointed out that while Hewlett-Packard is one of America's largest and best-known public corporations, its dysfunctional board includes only one chief executive officer of another public company: John Hammergren of McKesson Corp.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "We do our best to make a flight with Austrian a high-level experience, which is why we have one chef on board of every single long-haul flight, " says Braun.

    CNN: Flying chefs serve up fine dining in sky

  • Drury pointed out that while Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HPQ - news - people ) is one of America's largest and best-known public corporations, its dysfunctional board includes only one chief executive officer of another public company: John Hammergren of McKesson Corp.

    FORBES: Public Shunning

  • In the first week of 2001 he delivered a one-hour presentation to the board, without notes.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Fans through the supporters' trust still own 20% of the club and have one supporter-director on the board, which is otherwise made up of local businessmen, also fans.

    BBC: Capital One Cup final: Swans fans at heart of club's success

  • The Senate on Monday rejected, 35-62, an attempt by conservatives to amend the final package with an offset provision to cut federal programs across the board by one-half of 1 percent through 2021.

    WSJ: Obama says he'll sign $50.5B Sandy aid bill soon

  • Mike Lee, R-Utah, sought to amend the final package Monday with a provision to cut federal programs across the board by one-half of 1 percent through 2021 as a way to prevent the disaster aid from swelling the U.S. debt.

    WSJ: Senate nears vote on $50.5B bill for Sandy victims

  • No-one else was on board.

    BBC: RELATED BBC SITES

  • America's Department of Transportation is planning a rule change from October 1st to allow passengers and crew to bring fuel-cell-powered electronic devices and one or two fuel cartridges on board in their carry-on baggage.

    ECONOMIST: Consumer fuel cells

  • But ultimately Glamorgan missed out on promotion in the four-day game after failing to impress in the money-spinning one-day and Twenty20 competitions - tournaments that Glamorgan's board had demanded success to lure the lucrative corporate market.

    BBC: Matthew Maynard challenges dejected Glamorgan

  • The Indian cricket board cancelled two one-day internationals against England and a proposed tour of Pakistan following the attacks.

    BBC: India set for tour of Sri Lanka

  • "It was very positive with David and it looks like he is going to come on board with a one-year deal in the next couple of days or so, " Abbott said.

    BBC: Raven set to sign Carlisle deal

  • Propped up against one wall is a dry-erase board.

    NEWYORKER: Net Impact

  • The Kidder belief board has a one-sentence manifesto.

    WSJ: Run Your Family Like a Business

  • He centers his condemnations primarily on the fact that at every level --the board, the president and Paterno -- no one expressed any concern for the boys whose lives were devastated by the abuse inflicted upon them by Sandusky.

    CNN: Penn State report is a warning to all of us

  • So far, 50 Dreamliners have been delivered to airlines by Boeing, but all are currently grounded due to concerns that one of the lithium-ion batteries on board could leak, potentially causing fires.

    BBC: A Boeing 787 at Farnborough air show

  • The 59 aircraft run by Emirates have all had two cameras on board since 1999 - one looking forward from the view of the pilot and the other looking straight down to the ground.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Southern Counties | Privacy fears over plane cameras

  • The condo board limits rentals to one-year terms.

    WSJ: Luxury Home Exits Housing Court

  • Decision-making on at least 80% of school level expenditure must be devolved to the headteacher and they are expected to consult the school board, where one exists - which is in about three quarters of schools.

    BBC: Funding and management

  • Agents sent letters criticizing the concept to teachers and school-board members, and one agency hired a lawyer who questioned the process on multiple grounds, prompting the district to retrace some steps, according to Mr. Lloyd and public documents.

    WSJ: Teachers' 403(b) Plans See Big Changes

  • Twenty years from now we may still be bemoaning the fact that even though women earn 57% of college degrees, hold 85% of the consumer purchasing purse, are 54% of voters and half the workplace, they're stuck at under one-fifth of congressional, corporate board, and top management seats.

    CNN: Why women must seize this moment

  • But the chief executive of Lloyds, Antonio Horta-Orsorio - with the full backing of Lloyds' board - is implacably opposed to selling "even one extra branch" on top of the 600 branches Lloyds is already being forced to sell, according to well-placed Lloyds sources.

    BBC: Osborne and Lloyds at odds over break-up

  • They will play 50-over warm-up contests against a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in Fatullah on Tuesday and Thursday before three one-day internationals against Bangladesh, followed by a two-match Test series.

    BBC: Craig Kieswetter is called into England's one-day squad

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