Word: contract
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...Hyman was elected upon a solid platform called the Students' Bill of Rights. The first plank of this electoral contract focuses on student concerns: for a safe campus; for representation on College committees; for teaching fellows and professors who can teach; for a 24-hour library and the extension of hours at Loker Commons; for increased flexibility in our meal plans; for more shuttle buses and better athletic facilities; for a cohesive and competent system of advising; for information privacy in terms of grades, HIV testing and computer use. The Bill of Right's second plank reflects student concern about...
Members of the Local 35 union, which represents 1,100 food service, custodial and maintenance workers, returned to work last week after a four-week strike over pensions and subcontracting issues. Those issues still have not been resolved, and a contract has not been reached. Local 34, which represents clerical and technical workers, struck in February and also returned to the job after four weeks without reaching a contract...
...District of Columbia, who tied up traffic on Connecticut Avenue for 14 hours after hearing that their funds might be cut. His standing fell last week when it was disclosed that he had had a $20,000 security fence built around the mayor's residence under a no-bid contract by a former member of his staff...
...copies and got the attention of Atlantic, which, intrigued by the band's home-brewed fan base, signed Hootie to a modest $75,000 deal in 1993. "I don't think Atlantic was hoping for anything when it came to the deal," says Tim Sommer, who brokered the contract for Atlantic. "Did I think they'd make a million dollars? No. But I did know they'd sell records. Before I signed them, they'd already sold half a million dollars' worth of Ts. If you can sell a T shirt, you can sell a record...
...dollars." In a segregrated America in which certain radio stations would not play songs by black artists, Presley more than filled the bill, and in the process helped solidify the image of rock 'n' roll as the music of white teenage rebellion. Unfortunately for Phillips--who sold Presley's contract for an unprecedented $35,000--it was RCA that ended up making most of the money on Presley...