Word: contraction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard Lampoon expects to sign a contract next week with Doubleday to publish a satirical book on college life, Steven G. Crist '78, publisher of the Lampoon, said yesterday...
...Lampoon has been negotiating the contract with Doubleday for over two months. The book is expected to appear sometime next year...
Though he knew it would take eight years to break even on the $1,600 investment, Nagy decided to take the plunge, and he signed a contract for the unit the day after President Carter's energy speech. Then he learned his home improvement would add another $90 to his property tax bill. "I canceled the contract but I am not dropping the issue," says an outraged Nagy. So far his pleas that solar units should be exempted from tax assessment valuations have been a waste of energy...
...David Frost, 38, British show-business celebrity, talk-show host and interviewer, who stands to make at least $ 1 million, the program represents a coup. He outbid a U.S. television network and countless other news organizations to sign the exclusive contract with Nixon, then patched together a network...
...practice has been to defeat the union, pay the fine later, and deduct it from its taxes as a business expense. Violating the law is cheaper than signing a contract with the union...