Word: contraction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...under contract with the superintendents of the Houses but if they really wanted to, they could get rid of us," says Obiora I. Menkiti '99. "Ultimately, our responsibility is to them and at some level that's a threat...
...Gluck speaks to the Greeks without adopting their speech, she also eschews personal contract with her readers. Making copious use of the first person pronoun, Gluck nonetheless maintains distance. Although a good deal of Vita Nova is devoted to the regenerating power of memory, the memories recounted are usually slight images of rooms and smells. Gluck reveals herself largely through allegory and the retelling of myth, so that the presence of "I" throughout her book creates an atmosphere of polite poetics that never takes readers into themselves...
...sources said talks over a new contract have been stymied by arguments over specific issues, including a retirement package for older members of the union. Benefits are also a sticking point, according to another source...
Some union members say the University is unwilling to sign a new contract with the guards, noting that several Harvard schools have out-sourced security operations in recent years to companies that provide more guards at a lesser cost...
...early November, both sides agreed to a mediator, saying contract talks had deadlocked over key issues...