Early in his tenure, Dr. Brimmer followed the lead of Mr. Martin and other "tight money" board members by supporting a gradual increase in interest rates to fight inflation.
Barker, the McDonald's spokeswoman, said the "inference" of the Guardian's inquiries about the company's tight knit board was "quite puzzling".
But with a tight leader board led by the emphatic Russian Irina Slutskaya, the lyrical Michelle Kwan and the headstrong Sarah Hughes, Nikodinov brazenly wiggled into the elite.
According to its sources, Wonga's cashflow situation has become so tight its board is evaluating the sale of some of its assets in addition to raising more debt.
The extremely tight-knit board is likely to come under intense scrutiny from shareholders at the meeting on Thursday.
Peter Chung submitted what looks to be very tight story boards and concept art.
But even in the absence of this kind of explicit back-scratching the tight connections between board members insure that, once an idea takes hold at a few companies, it's easier for it to spread, in a viral fashion.
Use a woven fence that is "hog tight" with a board on the bottom to discourage digging.
If you'd like to feel more steady in this position, then you can put your back wheels in a nice little crack that holds your wheels in tight, so your board doesn't roll when you're working on it.
