While these suits take aim at the passive board, the question remains: where were the shareholders before and why did they not take action sooner?

然而我们依然要问：他们早干嘛去了？ 为什么没有尽早采取行动？

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No one expected him to show his face that day so "there was a collective gasp," Gordon writes, "when he strode in" to take his place at the board table.

事先没人料到他会在那天出现，因此“人们都大吃一惊”Gordon写到，“当他踱步”走到董事会桌旁自己的位置时。

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A rowdy reception for the board could shake its resolve, forcing them to either take another look at the Nasdaq offer or push its new German partners to pony up some more dough.

如果股东们纷纷出言反对，董事会的决心可能会有所动摇，迫使他们重新审视纳斯达克的出价或敦促德国伙伴抬高些价码。

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Let's take a look at the board.

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Just the same, the situation is unusual and, given that he will soon become AbbVie ceo, the Abbott board should take a closer look at his credentials and ensure everything is truly in order.

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And he has directed his Secretary of State, Secretary Clinton, to take action through the Accountability Review Board to look at security posture in Benghazi as well as Tripoli and elsewhere in the region.

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