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Familiarity breeds incumbency. A cautious electorate likes stability. Since 1949, there have been only four changes of government - in '72, '75, '83 and '96. Three-year electoral terms are, in practice, even shorter, as the P.M. can call a poll whenever he likes; on average, since 1972, Parliaments have run out of puff seven months early. The perpetual campaign cycle suits the agenda setters and those who control taxing and spending: they can ensure that wallets are bursting with dollars by the time the electoral writs are issued...
...three-year contract between the University and the 4,800-member union of administrative, secretarial and clerical workers expires June...
Aside from talking about these budget cut layoffs, HUCTW will also be negotiating wage increases, housing assistance and educational and training benefits with the University for a new three-year agreement...
What do you say about an NFL player who walks away from a three-year, $3.6 million contract to join the Army Rangers...
They may have wanted to make sure he was real. After all, this was the man who had walked away from a $3.6 million three-year contract with the Cardinals because there was another uniform he wanted to wear. In a culture obsessed with money, there's something hard to believe about a person who turns down that kind of offer for an $18,000-a-year job with the Army. And in a culture obsessed with fame, we hardly know what to do with a guy who doesn't even capitalize on the story. From the minute he decided...