Whilst both 'DE facto directors' and' shadow directors' are persons who have not been formally appointed to the relevant board of directors, they are conceptually different and distinct.

虽然实质和影子董事都没有正式受委进入董事会，但概念上两者还是有区别的。

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The unstageability that has so often deterred directors in the past was overcome by a masterly use of light and shadow on a stage which was kept almost completely bare.

ECONOMIST: The stage of nations