But prosecutors showed that many of the Tyco employees who were guests were not simply executives but also included Tyco's chef and personal trainer.
No legislation is needed to scrap the convention, simply an executive decision by each party leader.
But several people told me that the point-of-obligation change could not have been made simply by executive prerogative.
And that is mostly because in other cases, such as guns, the White House has simply used executive action, rather than fight for specific legislation.
If the role is for a managerial position, for example, you won't want the job title to simply state "executive".
If an analytical organization could be established simply by executive fiat, the only remaining challenges would be technical ones.
The fault is not simply with executives themselves, of course.
JP Morgan Chase, for example, says simply that executives get the same benefits as every other full-time worker.
Some, like Ms. Degliantoni, the fund-raising executive, simply downsize their expectations.
On Monday night, the Lexus executive simply handed del Potro a set of keys.
"SIMPLY put, County Executive Mangano is dreaming," Ms. Slevin said in a statement read at the hearing.
