Word: contract
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...another and that boys are no longer looked down on when they weep. On television, violence and machismo have been banned. Safe pharmaceutical contraceptives are available free at banks and post offices. When and if Millenny is ready to get married, she and her partner will negotiate a contract specifying their mutual expectations and responsibilities, a document to be renegotiated from time to time and always subject to cancellation...
...organize things. We had become very close friends since we started lecturing together. A lot of people said negative things about Eldridge's being a born-again Christian and registered Republican; but I knew him beyond that, they didn't. Even as a Republican, he denounced Gingrich's Contract with America, throwing it across the stage. Sent the crowd wild. Like in the early years, he would do wild things, like challenging Ronald Reagan to a duel in the streets. He knew how to grab the imagination of the people! And that's just one of the many reasons...
Throughout this debate, the FDO has put forth the company line: by signing the housing contract, students agree to pay for damage done to common areas. This legalism avoids the basic question of fairness. The FDO could make the housing contract Patently unfair and everyone would still sign it. Rather than read the fine print to examine personal liability, Harvard students focus only on the big picture: sign this housing contract or immerse yourself in the Cambridge rental market. Contracts signed under such duress are of dubious legitimacy...
...Steering a glacier," he says, "is not easy." Platt was ousted because he clashed with studio chairman Casey Silver. It was Silver, not Platt, who approved a slew of underperforming films, such as the Bruce Willis-Richard Gere vehicle The Jackal and the political dud Primary Colors. Silver, whose contract has been renewed, says he can turn the studio around: "We have excellent product in the pipeline. I couldn't be more confident...
...rookie, I have no idea about the next level," Fleiszer said. "I talked to [Harvard senior safety] Jeff Compas [who signed a free agent contract with the New England Patriots], and he said it's different because everyone is much better and there's more speed--everything happens fast...