Board Meeting

NEW YORK — On a recent morning, Ford Weiskittel listened to typical board-meeting chatter for a nonprofit group: an upcoming fund-raiser, the possibility of attracting celebrities, the benefits of one honoree versus two. ❋ Sophia Hollander (2011)

They may be able to obtain board-meeting minutes, as well as some limited financial information, from selling shareholders, but not much else. ❋ Tomio Geron (2010)

Independent News is hoping to make peace with Mr. O'Brien, according to board-meeting minutes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She had come to the board-meeting singing with a plan. ❋ Unknown (2004)

So they will go on applauding the same work for a long time to come, believing that their presence is a duty, such as others fulfil at a board-meeting or a funeral. ❋ Unknown (2003)

When I told him why, he said he would, even though it meant cancelling his afternoon's board-meeting. ❋ Francis, Dick (1979)

A somewhat stormy board-meeting was in progress, and Lady Julia, who constituted the board of directors, had been heckling the chairman. ❋ Unknown (1928)

It was a very commonplace note; I had had one like it after every board-meeting of the orphans 'home, Miss Maitland being on principle an aggressive minority. ❋ Unknown (1910)

'Gentlemen,' said the captain, after a pause, and with very much the air of a chairman opening a board-meeting, 'we're sold.' ❋ Lloyd Osbourne (1907)

"Well, I rather think not," said Mr. Kestrel, with a glint in his eyes, as he recalled Norman Wentworth's scorn of him at the board-meeting years before, when Norman had defended Keith against him. ❋ Thomas Nelson Page (1887)

Among the higher products of civilisation the literary shrew is about the most disconcerting, and, if any man wants to know what the most gloomy possible view of life is like, I advise him to attend some large board-meeting during a whole afternoon while the literary shrew gets through her series of fights and reads her inevitable essay. ❋ James Runciman (1871)

He still feels secure enough, but he compares it to a woman going into an all-male board-meeting and hearing some comments - you feel more self-conscious … ❋ Robbie Sinnott (2010)

[Accounting] has a board meeting the second thursday every month at [the Grind]. Ted text [messaged] his crew: "board meeting@5" ❋ Nigrodha (2007)

Man I had a [board meeting] [earlier] and it was [rough] ❋ Darkvortex (2009)

"The office is killing me" "Tony, Bob, Andrew, Derek....let's go its time for a Canadian [Board meeting]" "I've had this stack of dollars [in my office] burning a hole in my desk!" "Let's hope that dollar burns a hole in a [g-string]" ❋ Diabestic (2015)