Rather, it recommended that all boards should designate an "independent board leader," not necessarily the chairman, as a condition of a stock exchange listing.

One board leader told me that the board doesn't want to "get aggressive."

The current board leaders accuse their predecessors of negotiating a bad deal with the state that straps residents with a future of increased monthly fees.

However, it was not until 1958 when the basis and format of the competition was created, thanks to the efforts of Peñarol's board leaders.

At the end of 1985, as further indication of a longstanding tendency at the Met for board leaders to assume administrative functions, he became general manager.

The board leader, David Adamany, said emotions were running high in part because of Detroit's history as a union town.

In the end, though, the Mayor and the Council and board leaders compromised, as they do almost every year.

He resigned from the shul, citing longstanding differences with board leaders and constant battles over internal politics.

He said he had told Council and board leaders Monday that adding $150 million to the budget would be done "over my dead body."

"What I think some of them want is their own imprimatur," the Mayor said of the Council and board leaders.