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...second stumbling block was baseball's notorious reserve clause, a form of indentured servitude which, at the owner's discretion, can bind a player to a team for life. The owners proposed that a player may become a free agent after five years in the majors if he is not offered $30,000 or more for his sixth season. Charging that the "owners still feel they have a divine right," Miller pointed out that most players do not last five years in the majors and that the average salary is already $32,000. Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn...
...results of the vote will indicate university-wide opinion on the Senate, but will not bind the Senate to any action...
...member group elected Martin Auerbach '73 and John Hegan '73 as its representatives Auerbach said that night that he approved of the committee's vote to bind him to its majority decision...
...Faculty Council expects me to run the department as I would run a race: they bind my feet, tie my hands, gag and blindfold me--and then want me to do a good job." Guinier said...
...Nixon Administration, such subpoenas were being served by the dozen. They are now a relative rarity, but the threat of compelled testimony still exists in any reporting situation, and there is nothing to prevent a future Attorney General from scrapping the current rules. Nor does the present policy bind other federal agencies...