But usually when the board of directors gives their nod, it means that the deal is going to go through.

When you see somebody who's got a complaining personality, it usually means that they had some vision of what things could be, and they're constantly disappointed by that. I think that would be the camp that I would fall into - constantly horrified by the things people do.

This board of directors has been totally asleep,

We evaluated the positives and negatives when making that deal, knowing that the individual involved may or may not be playing in the league this year. We didn't want to take that direction.

More often than not, a C.E.O is merely a puppet whose strings are pulled by a board of directors.

Product usually becomes tight when they go from one product to another. But it's not a big deal. We go through this twice a year.