Christopher B. Galvin, Motorola's embattled chairman and chief executive, said the Sept. 11 attacks had made forecasting the timing of an economic upturn more difficult.

The ad hominem attack on Michael D. Eisner, Disney's embattled chairman, was obvious but left unstated.

On domestic topics, Mr. Bush renewed his support for Lee Atwater, the embattled chairman of the Republican National Committee.

In addition, the company's embattled chairman, Jean-Marie Messier, is expected to present options on the disposition of Vivendi's water treatment business.

Jean-Marie Messier, Vivendi's embattled chairman, is under intense pressure from investors to pare his company's roughly $30 billion in debt.

Other colleagues, however, said Mr. Keegan had experienced differences with Deryck C. Maughan, the embattled chairman and chief executive of Salomon Brothers.

A less prominent personage who has also appeared in Ross Roy's commercials is Joseph E. Antonini, Kmart's embattled chairman, president and chief executive.

For instance, Dr. Leonard Jeffries, the embattled former chairman of the black studies department at City College, has contended that "rich Jews helped finance the slave trade."

Something finally went right yesterday for Raymond V. Gilmartin, the embattled chairman and chief executive of Merck & Company.

Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the embattled chairman of the federal board that oversees most government broadcasts to foreign countries, narrowly survived an effort to oust him on Wednesday.