After the 1978 season, the Mets' board of directors ousted Mr. Grant from his position, which he had held since the team's creation in 1962.

Last summer, the board ousted James Lents, its executive director for a decade, with some members arguing that he was hostile to business.

After clashes with Mr. Hedelin, the chief financial officer, the board ousted him.

The news arrived last week: The company's board ousted the chief executive and the treasurer.

Twenty months later, the theater's board ousted her.

When the board reportedly ousted him in January 2007, Nardelli's severance package was estimated at $210 million.

Siebel announced that its board had ousted Mr. Lawrie after 11 months on the job.

The board of Blue Arrow ousted Tony Berry as chief executive and replaced him with a man he had dismissed last month.

The board ousted him as chairman last month.

But it sounds strikingly similar to the company Jean-Marie Messier, the former chief executive, set out to create before the board ousted him this summer.