Word: contractions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sources in the Kennedy School said today that although the original contract between the school and the foundation required that the library be named after Engelhard, the present agreement does not violate the terms of the contract. "The foundation feels its interests are protected," Kelston added...
...receive an automatic pay increase of $1,272 from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, an unheard-of notion came over him: to help in the fight against excessive Government spending, he would reject the raise. Ex: plains Bavas, 49, who was working under a HEW contract at Northwestern University as an expert on intergovernmental affairs: "I really didn't need the money. I had no debts, and my mortgage ends in two years...
Whoever was responsible, the incident may be a blessing in disguise for French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. The contract with Iraq was engineered in 1975 by then Premier Jacques Chirac, with Giscard's approval. The deal was kept secret until the following year. Then it was announced as a commercial agreement between several French companies and Iraq, rather than an accord between two nations, thus allowing the arrangement to escape an acrimonious debate in the French parliament. After Chirac's resignation in 1976, Giscard "began having second thoughts about the contract. He feared France...
Thanks to the substantial two-year delay in furnishing the reactor and its uranium, Giscard expects that by the new delivery date his nation's scientists will have perfected a nuclear fuel called "caramel," composed of 7%-enriched uranium that is unsuitable for making bombs. End result: lucrative contract is saved, international reputation is salvaged, Iraqis are appeased, if not pleased...
...lawyers say chances are slim that the state will foot Mitchelson's bill. Even so, he is not likely to be left stewing penniless in his office Jacuzzi. The Marvin case brought Mitchelson, who is believed to have earned some $750,000 last year, not only a book contract but also a host of new clients...