Word: contraction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...August 15 rode the Elvis Presley Memorial Bus Tour out of Connecticut and western Massachusetts, uninterested in anything but the visiting hours at Graceland and the lengths of the waiting lines there. The leader of the policemen's union had threatened to shut the city down in the contract dispute, but no one on the bus had any second thoughts about going in. As we crossed into Tennessee, Janey's best friend Jan told the bus driver, "Sweetheart, we're going into Memphis no matter what. I didn't come all this way for nothing. I may never come back...
...YORK--The publishers of the city's three major dailies yesterday put off a decision on a federal mediator's proposal to reopen the stalled contract talks saying they are waiting for some sign from the striking pressmen's union...
...pressmen have not responded to the newspapers' latest contract proposal. Talks to settle the six-week-old strike broke down last Friday...
...contract proposal calls for a $500 salary increase during the first year, a three per cent hike in the second year and another $500 increase during the third year...
...great contract, but it's liveable," Ralph Merigliano, a negotiator for the National Association of Letter Carriers said, adding that a lower salary hike with increased job security was preferable to a bigger salary increase with less security...