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  2. Brownie (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    Brownies are characteristically mischievous and are often said to punish or pull pranks on lazy servants. If angered, they are sometimes said to turn malicious, like boggarts. Brownies originated as domestic tutelary spirits, very similar to the Lares of ancient Roman tradition. Descriptions of brownies vary regionally, but they are usually ...

  3. Thomas G. Ayers - Wikipedia

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    Thomas G. Ayers Born (1915-02-16) February 16, 1915 Detroit, Michigan Died June 8, 2007 (2007-06-08) (aged 92) Chicago, Illinois Occupation Businessman Organisation Commonwealth Edison Title President (1964-1980) CEO & Chairman (1973-1980) Spouse Mary Andrew (m. 1938; died 2000) Children William Ayers John Ayers Parents Jule Caesar Ayers (father) Camilla S. Chalmers (mother) Notes Thomas G ...

  4. Board of directors - Wikipedia

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    Center for Interfaith Relations Board of Directors meeting. A board of directors is an executive committee that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulations (including the jurisdiction's ...

  5. Boggart - Wikipedia

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    The connection between the word boggart and 'bog' depends on folk etymology: there is no obvious association in many earlier sources between boggarts and the word 'bog'; though this is frequent in post-war accounts. [31] However, in Lincolnshire, the intimate connection of boggarts with marshland is attested in a 19th-century account.

  6. John W. Rogers Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Rogers was appointed the board president of the Chicago Park District for six years in the 1990s. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] He has also been appointed board member to several companies, as a leader of several organizations affiliated with his collegiate alma mater , and as a leader in youth education in his native Chicago .

  7. Alderman calls for investigation into school board’s role in ...

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    A letter sent by an alderman to Illinois state authorities decries the degree to which school board members are allegedly involved in ongoing teacher contract negotiations and asks for an ...

  8. Governing boards of colleges and universities in the United ...

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    The corporation's name might consist of its governing board members' title (for example, The Trustees of Princeton University is a New Jersey nonprofit corporation). These board members (trustees, regents, etc.) are fiduciaries for the corporation. In some cases, the institution might not have separate legal personhood; the trustees transact in ...

  9. A Chicago theater's staff unionizes amid protests of its ...

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    The organization's employees see unionization as 'a new way to rebalance power structures in the American theater.'