Word: contractive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...example of what the economy needs, Reuther pointed to a fat package of contract demands that he intends to put before the auto companies in April (TIME, Feb. 3). His plan to cut auto workers in on automakers' profits* (they would also be guaranteed an annual 3.9% raise), said Reuther, would channel "high-velocity dollars" to consumers-who would spend them fast-instead of to stockholders, who would salt them away. As Reuther sees it, in short, what's good for General Motors auto workers is good for the country...
...Junie kept pushin' me to ride," Bill remembers. "But I was a good enough exercise boy, and I was satisfied. Finally Junie said to me: 'If you ever do ride, your father has to okay the contract. So why don't you drive my car to Pennsylvania and have it signed?' Well, I was tired of listening to him, and I wanted a trip home, so I went and got the contract signed. On the way back I stopped at a dairy bar. I was looking at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and all of a sudden...
...father settled on the farm than Willie got another big break. One of the horses trained by Junie Corbin was found to be doped, and according to racing law, the trainer took the rap. Junie needed money badly, and the most valuable property he owned was Hartack's contract. Willie's services were sold to Mrs. Ada L. Rice...
Another Country. "Corbin's losing that contract made all the difference," says Hartack. "He was a halfer [i.e., raced mainly at half-mile tracks], and I don't think I would have left him. I had no great ambition for the milers. It was like going to a different country...
...When his contract with Mrs. Rice ran out, Hartack saw no need to stay tied down to one stable. He was good enough to risk the life of a freelance, with a broader choice of mounts and the pleasure of hiring out to the highest bidders. After a couple of years of getting up at dawn to work horses and muck out stables, Bill found it nice to lie in bed late, then drive to the track to ride horses hand-picked by his agent...