Word: contract
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...serious consequences. He not only impeded efforts to return federal employees to work, but also put his ego in the way of the 104th Congress's achieving its larger aim of balancing the budget in seven years. Gingrich's behavior reminded his colleagues that the visionary architect of the Contract with America has never had to prove himself under the pressure of adversarial bargaining...
Striking Boeing workers, concerned about health insurance benefits and angry over prospective bonuses for Boeing executives, rejected a three-year contract offer that had been accepted earlier by the union leadership. Members of Machinists District Lodge 751 chanted "No givebacks, no way," and "Stop Boeing Greed" as it was announced that 60.9 percent of the rank-and-file rejected the proposal. Union negotiators urged membership to accept the offer, arguing that the agreement would boost pensions, offer some protections against job losses through subcontracting and scale down health care increases. But most of the 24,000 members rejected a requirement...
...Wattenberg fills 400 windy and repetitive pages with folksy statements ('Is there hope for American kids? You bet there is') and self-important quotations from his own previous work." The result, Gleick says, is "a book that reads like a cynical proposal to land a big fat political consulting contract for the '96 election, and any candidate who heeds his words will...
...Under a contract with the city of Boston, Bread & Jams runs a van 365 days a year to transport homeless people from the streets and community meal programs to shelters...
...Dole on the road to the White House. "We've operated all along on the premise that we needed to win over Newt before we could have a real shot,'' says a Dole aide. "If Newt put out the word that Dole wasn't on board with the Contract with America, we could have packed our bags and gone home. Their work together in Congress has given Dole the opportunity to reverse some of the past animosity between them. He's done it well." Well enough for Gingrich to snarl, "Come on, that was 11 years ago," when asked about...