Word: contract
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Habermas presented a detailed history and critique of both the theory of the social contract, which states that government is a contract among individuals who leave a state of nature, and the theory of natural law, which asserts that there are certain fundamental and inalienable rights...
Habermas said that both of these theories "try to derive all principles from rationality, but run aground on the complexity" of modern capitalist states. Modern societies change too rapidly for any social contract or set of fundamental laws to remain viable, he said...
Neither of the funds contains Harvard employees' money, which is deposited in the University's own pension plan. The funds do, however, contain money from Marriott workers who staff the Kresge Dining Hall at the Business School, and who are not under a Harvard contract...
...tour. Winans is also negotiating to sell film rights to Hollywood Producer Arnold Orgolini, who wants to make a movie "along the lines of All the President's Men." Winans got a $35,000 advance on his book, % and is on the verge of receiving a six-figure movie contract, but the money may be consumed by lawyers' fees...
...crux of the Government's case, however, is more prosaic than murder. It details a Commission-endorsed scheme to rig bids and allocate contracts to Mobinfluenced concrete companies in New York City's booming construction industry. Any concrete-pouring contract worth more than $2 million was controlled by the Mob, according to the indictment, and the gangsters decided who should submit the lowest bids. Any company that disobeyed the bidding rules might find itself with unexpected labor problems, and its sources of cement might dry up. The club dues, actually a form of extortion, amounted to $1.8 million between...