Word: waivers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Tony Johnson, Yale coach, said the school had requested a waiver of the five-year rule that stipulates an athlete must complete his eligibility within five calendar years, but the request was turned down...
Last Thursday, the managing editor of The Crimson called the CRNC in Washington and received a preliminary okay to attend the Fieldman session here (no waiver of the registration fee, though). He showed up at the Phillips Brooks House Parlour Room Friday night to sign...
...East hauled Griese to the ground, dislocating the star quarterback's ankle and breaking a bone in his leg. But Shula had come prepared. In reserve he had reliable Earl Morrall, the seasoned N.F.L. journeyman whom Shula had picked up from Baltimore last April for the $100 waiver price. "I happen to have a good memory," says Shula crisply. "I remember what Earl did for me in 1968 when John Unitas was out all season." What Morrall did then was take over the Colt reins, guide the team to the Super Bowl and get himself named N.F.L. Player...
...accused of using improper influence to gain a Treasury Department waiver permitting an oil tanker to engage in coastal shipping trade, thereby increasing the ship's value by $5,000,000. The tanker, it was discovered, was owned by officials of Dillon Read. Flanigan too had held a share in the vessel and had disposed of it only five days before the waiver was granted. Flanigan's reply: "I did not even know Treasury was considering a waiver...
...eight lawyers on Woolf's staff, the wheeling and dealing never stops. Offering "complete representation," Woolf and his associates not only thrash out injury and waiver clauses but handle trades, drafts, taxes, bills, wills, movies, TV, endorsements, investments, public appearances and even manners. When the Boston Bruins' Derek Sanderson won the National Hockey League's Rookie of the Year honors in 1968, Woolf schooled the then 21year-old high-school dropout in the social graces, got him a TV talk show, won him a salary increase from $14,000 to $50,000 and had him dash...