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...Then things got complicated. Geibel, the company's chief operating officer, was negotiating with three business angels when he got into a motorcycle accident and was out of contact with Matchbid for weeks. Dicke claims his old pal and former partner changed the terms of a contract with some business angels and sold some of his shares in Matchbid without the company's knowledge...
Indeed, being gay in Singapore is almost like having a social contract. You can enjoy your sexuality, but don't get too comfortable. The law against homosexuality is still on the books, and although the government denies that it will ever use it to prosecute anyone, gay men still fear that it may one day be used against them. And while many of them take heart from the fact that other major Asian cities like Taipei and Hong Kong have scrapped laws criminalizing gay behavior, it may be years before Singaporean society is ready for such a change...
...also a tradtion which has meant a whole lot of pressure for those coaches who have followed in Mike Jarvis' (1978-1985) and Al Cocolutto's (1985-1993) wake. The contract of Kevin Moore, the coach from 1993-1996, was not renewed in June 1996 despite leading the team to a 48-11 record during his tenure...
...With the current contract not due to expire for another year, the union has been able to turn its attention to other matters, including the hiring of six new officers, Thomas Flannery, Jason Flaherty, Gregory Foley, Daniel R. Staffieri, Josiah Christian and Dominic Sardo...
...door, identification checked, then the coast is clear and the real business (of providing your daily metaphor) can begin. The Crimson's decision to insert pictures of the editorial writers is, it seems, not simply of human or visual interest. It's a brilliant reminder of the fundamental social contract into which we have entered as writers of opinion, that is to say, facts skewed, perhaps beyond recognition--an anonymity checked by our (newly enlarged) photographs...