Dazzled in a three-hour meeting by his knowledge and passion for opera, the board offered him the job.

The 17-member board acted after a three-hour meeting in Richmond, the state capital.

He met with President Johnson, and the two talked about "everything" during a three-hour meeting.

But the three-hour meeting found no easy unanimity on how to respond to such spikes.

Being somewhere for a three-hour meeting means two full days out of the office.

But after a three-hour meeting that broke shortly before midnight, state leaders still appeared to be far apart on the details of the plan.

But in remarks to reporters after the three-hour meeting, he said, "I have a few ideas."

"We have more guys out than they have in," he said after a three-hour meeting.

After a nearly three-hour meeting that was expected to focus on the settlements issue, the men spoke briefly to reporters.

Neither side had any comment following the three-hour meeting.