Dear Board, Please Let Me Accept Free Popcorn.

Authors :: COWAN, ALISON LEIGH
Source :: New York Times. 11/22/2011, Vol. 161 Issue 55597, p24. 0p.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: She pocketed a $3.3 million retirement package when she left I.B.M.'s board to assume the helm of New York City's public schools in January. But when the company then wanted to present Cathleen P. Black with a heavily engraved silver tray as a further token of its esteem, the new chancellor trod carefully: inquiries were made to see if she could accept the gratuity in light of the city's ban on gifts worth $50 or more. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]