Word: contracting
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...court hearing Wednesday, Berkowitz argued that the mishandling of his tenure application was a breach of his contract with Harvard, saying the University failed to follow its own procedures...
...must point to what in his contract was breached," Moriarty said. "He hasn't done...
...statement claiming that tour promoter SFX had canceled the remaining shows, while SFX, which is reportedly paying Ross $20 million, begged to differ, claiming that only certain shows had been canceled. At issue, of course, is money. If Ross pulls the plug, SFX can sue her for breach of contract and reclaim some cash. Saddened by the cancellations, Ross said, "I would sing the same if there were 10 people in the audience or 10,000." Now if she could just get those 10 people to pay $2 million apiece...
...wasn't long ago that repealing the estate tax was considered a Republican pipe dream. Even the Contract with America, Newt Gingrich's revolutionary manifesto, didn't dare scrap the progressive-era levy on inheritances, which annually raises some $50 billion. How things have changed. Last month the House voted to kill the estate tax, with scores of Democrats joining the G.O.P. Last week the Senate followed suit, with nine Democrats supporting the Republican majority. President Clinton vows he will veto the measure when it hits his desk this week, calling it too expensive and a subsidy for the rich...
Debt relief is a moral imperative. The U.S. should not stand for the proposition that poor countries where as much as half the adult population will contract AIDS must pay back every last dollar of principal and interest. That would be wrong. Last year I visited health clinics in Bolivia where children were getting vaccinations for the first time because money had been freed up by debt relief. The only thing holding back further relief for places like Bolivia is the U.S. Congress. And remember, debt relief is not charity. It is what the toughest financial institutions do when they...