Word: contracting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doctor grafted a portion of a pig's eye on the eyeball of a blind boy, Alfred Lemonowicz of Paterson, N.J. According to reports the operation was partly successful--the young boy is able to see slightly. At any rate, the attendant publicity has secured the young man a contract to appear in vaudeville with...
...attempt to cut it back. Even Ronald Reagan could do little more than put a lid on its expansion. It took Democrat Bill Clinton to declare the era of Big Government finally over. And by then its most important institutions had become widely accepted provisions of the nation's contract with itself...
...build a democratic, effective, member-run union, we have to struggle. There is no concrete alternative. We have the power to get a really good deal in our next contract. We should vote this proposal down to defeat, start over the democratic way, and decide together what we want in our next contract. We should elect a negotiating team that promises to take what we want to the table and fight for a strong contract when they get there...
...yesterday came the arbitrator's ruling that the Golden State Warriors have to reinstate Latrell Sprewell's contract and that the NBA has to reduce his suspension to seven months. He had been punished for allegedly attacking Coach P.J. Carlesimo at practice, returning 20 minutes later, and resuming the assault...
This isn't a victory. It's a defeat. A defeat for the NBA, which tried to discipline a rogue player with a well-deserved reputation for being a punk. A defeat for the Warriors, who will have to pay the aforementioned punk the rest of his $32 million contract. A defeat for Sprewell, who is less likely to change his self-destructive behavior now. And a defeat for decency...