Word: holdouts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...besoin d'esperer pour entreprendre ni de réussir pour persévérer [One need not hope in order to undertake, nor succeed in order to persevere]." Next day, by a 9-1 vote, with France's Michel Debré the only holdout, Ministers of the Group of Ten agreed to persevere some more...
Last week, just as practice for the 1966 season got under way, the N.F.L.'s Detroit Lions were trying to cope with a mass training-camp holdout by veterans demanding pay increases that would put them on a par with untried bonus rookies. Among the balkers: All-N.F.L. Guards John Gordy and Ted Karras, Ends Darris McCord and Ron Kramer, Flanker Pat Studstill, and Defensive Back Bruce Maher. The Baltimore Colts were minus their two top pass receivers, Raymond Berry and Jimmy Orr, and the St. Louis Cardinals had two holdouts: Center Bob DeMarco and Split End Sonny...
...holdout who really rattled the rafters was Quarterback John Brodie of the San Francisco 49ers, No. 1 passer in the N.F.L. last year. Before the merger, Brodie had accepted a threeyear, $750,000 contract to play for the A.F.L.'s Houston Oilers. His deal was abrogated by the merger. Brodie took a trip to Hawaii, hired San Francisco Attorney John Elliott Cook to represent him, and threatened a court action against the merger unless somebody coughed up the $750,000 he had been promised-plus damages...
...international giants. These companies-Esso, Caltex, British Petroleum, Shell-have also steadily gained control of distribution in Germany until there was only one wholly German-owned company left, Deutsche Erdöl AG. Last week, despite initial objections by the Bonn government, shareholders decided overwhelmingly to sell that lone holdout for about $160 million to Texaco...
...background shows. Explaining why Sandy, with his better record, went in with Don on the parlay, J. William smoothly confides that "they figured the way to end all gossip about rivalry between them would be to go as an entry." The Dodgers know what he really means: a dual holdout means a bigger holdup...