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By Bill Barnhart, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 9--AMID ACTIVISM, WHO'S WATCHING THE INSTITUTIONS? Shareholder activists are celebrating this year's annual meeting season.

A bandwagon of post-Enron reform proposals is rolling over corporate management and boards of directors.

The question for individual investors is this: Do you want to climb on for the ride?

The momentum from this year's victories, including the 45 percent no-confidence vote by shareholders against Walt Disney Chief Executive Michael Eis

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