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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There?s one way Hillary Clinton could make back all the money she and her husband forked over to Paula Jones, while getting a little sly revenge on Bill: take the $5 million book contract Judith Regan is offering her. Regan is the saucy HarperCollins editor known for making gravy with such authors as Rush Limbaugh and Wally Lamb. But, says the First Lady?s lawyer, Robert Barnett, ?for now, Mrs. Clinton is not considering any book offers. She will not turn her attention to that before 2001.? In fact, some speculate that Hillary could command well over $5 million...
However, any player may renew a contract with his current team at 105 percent of his previous salary--meaning that Michael Jordan could still make $34.7 million a year were he not stepping down from his throne as king of basketball...
...Number of seasons a player has to play to become an unrestricted free agent under new contract (up from three under old contract...
...Share of total NBA revenue that is earmarked for players in last three years of contract...
Travel writing involves an odd social contract: writer, for pay, agrees to view inspirational scenery and have a great time, saving reader the trouble of doing so. But Mark Hertsgaard's contract was odder than most. A few years ago, the journalist, who has written books on the Reagan Administration, nuclear energy and the Beatles, set off on a trip around the world in search of noxious vistas and pollutive sunsets--the environmental wreckage that other travelers take pains to avoid. His clear-eyed report, Earth Odyssey (Broadway Books; 372 pages; $26), backed by careful scholarship...