Word: contract
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...example, Bauby writes, "I would be the happiest man in the world if I could just properly swallow the saliva that permanently invades my mouth." He lets his readers know that his celebrated wit survived the stroke by pointing up the ironic aspects of his condition. Bauby recalls a contract he signed before his illness to write an updated version of the Alexandre Dumas classic The Count of Monte Cristo--a tale involving a paralyzed protagonist who communicates by blinking. "The gods of literature and neurology decided otherwise," Bauby laments, adding a twist. "To reverse the decrees of fate...
...Will Win: Gooding. Overpaid Hollywood loves that a character can be charming, talented, outspoken, in love...and still command an $11 million contract...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: American Airlines and its pilots' union reached a tentative agreement on a new contract Wednesday that is vague in the fine points but clear in its determination to avoid a crippling shutdown that would affect 20 percent of the nation's travelers. The contract, negotiated in seclusion on Orcas Island, Washington, will be presented to the union's board on Friday for approval. Captain Michael Cronin, the pilot's chief of legislative affairs, declined to give details of the agreement, saying, "We want our board of directors to hear it from negotiators and not from the press...
...taxpayer fraud. To help clean up the mess at the IRS, the Treasury Department wants to make permanent an IRS oversight board to help supervise the computer upgrade. The plan would allow for more outside consultants to help with the computer overhaul. The plan also would let the IRS contract with private businesses to assist with processing tax returns and collect on tax deadbeats, an initiative that could be ripe for its own pitfalls if, for instance, collection agencies are given the authority to garnish wages or seize bank accounts. Another important reform: changing budgeting procedures. Congress currently funds...
...chief went on to praise Arledge and to discount any suggestion that ABC News is seriously troubled. "I wish the rest of our company were in as good shape as ABC News," said Eisner. Arledge, meanwhile, insists that no timetable has been set for his retirement. "I have a contract that goes well beyond the year 2000," he says. "Whether I'll be as active two years from...