Word: contracting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...major-league baseball teams would seriously consider putting the 1990 season in danger. Management's Feb. 15 lockout of players from spring-training camps in Florida and Arizona was largely seen as a negotiating ploy, a bit of bluff and bluster that might hasten agreement on a new contract and get the game going on time, before any serious money was lost. The events of last week, though, proved the cynics correct. Talks between the club owners and the Major League Players Association remained deadlocked. In an eleventh-hour gesture, Commissioner Fay Vincent offered to order the training camps open...
...issues dividing the two sides are of such stupefying triviality that even dedicated fans have trouble paying attention. The prime obstacle to a new contract is a disagreement over when players should be eligible for the rather arcane process of salary arbitration. The owners insist on three full years of service, a concession they won in negotiations back in 1985; the players want that figure rolled back to two years. Aside from that issue, the two sides are also haggling over a minimum big-league salary; the players want $105,000, and the owners are offering $90,000, up from...
...there is also no doubt that at some point soon -- a few months from now, perhaps a year, who can say for sure? -- the world's largest country will begin to contract. As future historians contemplate the Soviet Empire of the 20th century, they may wonder not why it collapsed but how it lasted so long...
Organizers of the four-year-old tournament hailed it as an important indicator of a coming "renaissance" in the sport of contract bridge. Mastering the game requires a complex combination of mental abilities, which appeals in particular to analytical minds, said Edward J. Goldfarb, communications director of the American Contract Bridge League...
...Guyrex gowns this month, to be followed by a self-help video. But success has had its pitfalls. The pair, who complain of sniping by envious rivals, recently lost their Miss California Teen-USA franchise when the agreement came up for renewal. They retaliated with a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the parent firm, Miss Universe Inc. The company denies any ill intent toward the two. But Holt wonders, "Was it jealousy? There's a lot of tension out there." Perhaps so, but winning another rhinestone tiara may take their minds off the stress...