It was the delegation from Virginia that first suggested a single "national executive".

"I don't know a single executive who'd do that," she said.

"All are aware that republics have existed in all the ages without a single executive," he wrote.

This is not much different from a council of advisors influencing a single executive.

This committee acted in place of a single executive.

It is a departure from the Kennedy Center's tradition of having a single top executive.

Sakmarung had a single executive, chosen by a parliamentary body from among its number.

Got to remember, though, haven't we, that there's rather more at stake than the disinclination of one single executive to take a life.

Is there a more useful distinction than that between single and collective executives, and if so what do you consider it to be?

Aaron Spelling had one of the largest offices in Hollywood for a single executive.