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...blaming Bush for the economic downturn without offering a remedy. As a result, the Democrats lost ground in the House and control of the Senate; and they gave up still more seats in John Kerry's wishy-washy 2004 presidential run. This time the model is Newt Gingrich's Contract with America campaign of 1994, in which Republicans across the country ran on the same 10 reforms and took control of the House after 40 years. "We're going to have all our candidates on the Capitol steps" just as Gingrich did, Emanuel says, "and we're going...
...rounds of deep pay and benefit cuts, followed by the loss of my pension, I needed an airsick bag to get through your article. It is the trend for CEOs to take a company into bankruptcy and then bully workers to accept even more cuts or else suffer liquidation, contract nullification or outsourcing. These executives cite huge losses and global competition as their rationale, yet they somehow find millions upon millions of dollars to secure their own salaries, bonuses, pensions and perks. The obscene thing is that bankruptcy judges and Congress allow it. When will we all stand together...
...right. In doing so, I alienated a lot of my fans and my teammates." Owens, arguably the best receiver in football, had spent much of the season attacking the play of the Eagles' star quarterback, Donovan McNabb, and dissing management for refusing to redo the seven-year, $49 million contract that Owens signed last year. The fed-up Eagles effectively fired him, so Owens was speaking to the media, trying to apologize his way back...
...irks other agents that Rosenhaus is the brash public face of the business. He titled his autobiography A Shark Never Sleeps. The first time he ever negotiated a contract, he brought an ESPN camera crew with him. This summer he was booed at a charity softball game. But Rosenhaus wins clients because he styles himself as a player's advocate. NFL teams routinely cut players for underperformance, injury or to chop costs. Rosenhaus turns the tables and demands renegotiations when a player overperforms. "The teams are allowed to ask a guy to take a pay cut or can just...
...Earlier that month, GSOC declined a contract proposal from NYU. The proposed contract would have given the university the power to unilaterally change its graduate students’ wages, health coverage, and other benefits, according to Maida Rosenstein, president of UAW Local...