Word: contract
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only live album ever to be released in his lifetime, Band of Gypsys was recorded essentially for free in order to liberate Hendrix from a crooked contract with promoter Ed Chalfin. Partly because of the history behind the album, Band of Gypsys has traditionally been given short shrift by causal Hendrix listeners who are drawn to the catchier themes of his three studio albums, Are You Experienced Axis, Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland...
...chief lieutenant, majority leader Dick Armey from Texas, is predicting ultimate success. Armey says 65% of the contract will be passed by the Republican Senate, and half will be signed into law. "None of us ever overpromised," he says...
...contract began as a very political campaign document, carefully poll- and focus-group tested for its popularity. But as a legislative strategy, it proved even more useful in presenting a list of very popular and easily passable propositions. "It is fair to say," Gingrich said last week, "that we cleverly picked popular things to do." Passing the contract provided a large degree of political momentum. But it didn't provide many profiles in courage...
...Bolduc's case, the bonus got bigger, according to the Times. By agreeing to quit rather than being fired, he was able to console himself with a $20 million severance package, which amounted to $5 million more than what was required by his contract...
...When I was nine we started a Tex-Mex band." She stuck with it, spending much of her time as a teenager on the road and getting her high-school diploma through a correspondence course. In 1989 she and her band, Los Dinos, got their big break-a recording contract with giant EMI--and then began to ride the wave of Tejano music, now the fastest- growing segment of the Hispanic recording business. Her father still manages the band, which includes her brother and husband...