boardinghouse
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board·ing·house
/ ˈbôrdingˌhous/
(also board·ing-house or board·ing house)
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n.
a house providing food and lodging for paying guests.
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Rules of engagement: improving communication between the board and CEO.(legalbriefs)
Magazine article from: Utah Business; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD NEED CLEAR communication to work effectively...same person as CEO and chairman of the board. This is true even when the decision...productive communication between the board and senior management when the unified...
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Critique of the GM board guidelines. (General Motors Corp.)
Magazine article from: Directors & Boards; 6/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; The board of one of America's most emblematic companies has given thoughtful consideration to what a board needs in order to be able to do its job...ultimate example of shareholder activism and board responsiveness. But in the 1980s, General...
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Working with the board of directors.
Magazine article from: Rural Telecommunications; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; The word board --as in board of directors--comes from an Old English word that means food, and by extension table. Hence, a group who met at a table came to be known as a board. Interestingly too, the phrase above board, meaning honest and open...
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Succession planning means planning ahead: before the sparkles dance before their eyes, help your board prepare for a successful succession.(People & Politics)
Magazine article from: University Business; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; When a board of trustees selects a president under crisis-driv...Leaves to pursue another opportunity, the board can do a competent job of recruitment because...ensuring a smooth transition rests with the board. Self-assessment as a part of succession...
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A board's road to transformation.(Tower Automotive Inc.)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Directors & Boards; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; How one board matched itself up against the critical success...It went public in 1994, and although the board functioned effectively, it recognized that...fiduciary responsibility it now faced as the board of a large, highly visible public company...
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Reviewing board performance.(Board Primer)
Magazine article from: Association Management; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; A systematic, self-review will enhance board members' understanding of their leadership role. The Board of the National Technocrats Association is...seems that this staff member provided the board with information that was at the core of a...
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Research to do before joining a board: while no amount of due diligence can avoid every problem, the more you do, the better you are likely to feel about your ultimate decision.(DIRECTOR RECRUITMENT)
Magazine article from: Directors & Boards; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; SERVING ON A board of directors today means investing more time and effort in the board's affairs than ever before. A recent National Association...directors spent an average of 185 hours a year on board affairs, including board meetings, committee meetings...
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Board streamlines ad appeals.
Magazine article from: Florida Bar News; 3/15/2002; 461 words
; The Bar Board of Governors has ratified a streamlined process...to directly issue ethics advisory opinions. The Board Review Committee on Professional Ethics had brought a proposal' to the board at its February 1 meeting that would allow the...
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What type of self-evaluation process have you implemented for board members to evaluate their own performance and that of the board as a whole - and how has it resulted in improved performance?(CEO to CEO: A Panel of CEOs Answers Your Questions)
Magazine article from: Association Management; 6/1/1999; 558 words
; Unless board members have specific responsibilities, there's insufficient...involvement, buy-in, and accountability for the work of the board. Our volunteer president designates tasks for everyone on the board, assigning them to develop and accomplish specific...
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Turbocharging your board assessment: have your performance evaluation initiatives run out of gas? Here is what some of the best boards are doing to rev up the value of this exercise.(DIRECTOR EVALUATION)
Magazine article from: Directors & Boards; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; BOARD ASSESSMENTS are mandatory at all NYSE-listed companies. And...of conducting an annual review of the performance of the board and its committees. Everybody's doing it. Problem is, most...interesting and even effective the first year or two that the board adopted it. But now, the annual survey has run ...
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Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...Ethel Barrymore Theatre , 105 perf.; NYDCC Award.] At a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh in 1911, the intense African‐American...and wonders of the unpredictable,” was the various boardinghouse residents who were written and acted vibrantly. The drama...
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Lodger
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
LODGER An occupant of a portion of a dwelling, such as a hotel or boardinghouse, who has mere use of the premises without actual or exclusive possession thereof. Anyone who lives or stays in part of a building...
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landlord
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
land·lord / ˈlan(d)ˌlôrd / • n. a person, esp. a man, who rents land, a building, or an apartment to a tenant. ∎ a person who owns or runs a boardinghouse, inn, or similar establishment.
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Eilley Bowers
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Nevada with her second husband. He returned (1857) to Salt Lake City, but she remained, earning her living by running a boardinghouse for miners. Her claim in the Comstock Lode was next to that of Lemuel Sanford Bowers, whom she later married. They were...
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Greenwood, (Frances) Charlotte
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...celebrated for her long‐legged, flat‐footed kicking. Born in Philadelphia, where her mother ran a theatrical boardinghouse, she made her debut as an eccentric dancer in The White Cat (1905). After appearances in vaudeville and several more Broadway...
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