Under their guidance, the board fired most of the top managers.

If he did, his board of directors, the owners, would fire him.

Likewise, he said, the board did not fire him.

But the board would fire that executive immediately.

"The board fires Whitmore and says they are going to find a guy to cut costs," he said.

The board fired Clover, which had never built a school before, and started legal action against the company.

Calling them potentially violent, the board fired or suspended more teachers and aides.

Insisting that the college could survive, the board rejected the proposal and fired the president.

The board could hire or fire the top editors of the papers.

A board of directors can fire a magazine editor.