His London contract was rescinded, and now, he explains cheerfully, as a bright smile lightens his intense, mobile face, `` I conduct only one hundred and twenty concerts ''!!

It was a somewhat unusual thing for a reporter to have a contract in those days before the epidemic of syndicated columnists.

But because the governor was determined that friendship should not influence him one way or the other, he looked for a printer with a knowledge of the law ( which Woodruff did not have ), and awarded the contract to a lawyer named John Steele who had started a newspaper in Helena the year before.

The eventual prize in this new battle was the public printing contract that Woodruff still held.

Boniface had to uphold the sacredness of the feudal contract at all costs, for it was only as suzerain of Sicily and of the Patrimony of Peter that he had any justification for his Italian wars, but in the English-Scottish-French triangle it was almost impossible for him to recognize the claims of any one of the contestants without seeming to invalidate those of the other two.

East Greenwich was one of the first Rhode Island towns to enter into contract agreement with the Rhode Island Development Council for planning services we could not provide for ourselves.

Sir Henry Sumner Maine, a hundred years before Communism was a force to be reckoned with, wrote his brilliant legal generalization, that `` the progress of society is from status to contract ''.

Can you consider restricting any additional employee benefits to those paid for by profit-sharing money, such as was done in the union contract recently signed by American Motors Corporation??

Indeed, contract was the dominant legal theme of the century, the touchstone of the free society.

Government itself was based upon contract ; ;

trade was based on freedom of contract, and money was lent and borrowed on contractual terms ; ;

So with all this experience, Bob Fogg was a natural choice to receive the first Emergency Air Mail Star Route contract.

She had quarreled with Lucien, she had resisted his demands for money -- and if she died, by the provisions of her marriage contract, Lucien would inherit legally not only the immediate sum of gold under the floorboards in the office, but later, when the war was over, her father's entire estate.

And in all likelihood, by now, there was more than one person in the house who knew the terms of her marriage contract.

`` I am taking the position that the contract was clearly violated '', Berger said.

The big, 22-year-old shortstop, the 1960 American league `` rookie-of-the-year '', flew here late this afternoon from Baltimore, signed his contract for an estimated $15,000 and was a spectator at tonight's 5-to-3 loss to Kansas City -- the winless Birds' sixth setback in a row.

What Gabriel was asking was that mankind forego all its parochial moral judgments, and contract to let the Angels serve on Earth as it is in Heaven regardless of the applicable Earth laws.

Nevertheless, in 1861, Lincoln justified the war in terms of legalisms ( the Constitution was a contract, and for one party to get out of a contract all the other parties had to agree ), and then in terms of the national duty to guarantee a republican form of government in every state.

Arista's refusal to release the album had two known effects: the negotiations led to a renewed contract and the album was never released.

The marriage contract was signed in September.

One of the terms of the marriage contract agreed to by Alexei was that while any forthcoming children were to be raised in the Orthodox faith, Charlotte herself was allowed to retain her Protestant faith ( an agreement that did not sit well at all with Alexei's followers ).

On January 22, 1957, Decca informed Holly his contract would not be renewed, insisting, however, that he could not record the same songs for anyone else for five years.

After a disappointing 2010 season, John Fox's contract was not renewed and most of his coaching staff were let go.

* In July 2010, General Motors renewed a multi-year $ 2 billion contract with HP Enterprise Services to manage its applications and infrastructure.

In July 2007 and with six rounds remaining in the home and away season, Essendon was placed just outside the top Eight and on the brink of making the finals once again when it was announced that Kevin Sheedy's contract would not be renewed after 27 years.

Consequently, when The Byrds ' Columbia recording contract was renewed on February 29, 1968, it was only original members Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman who signed it.

The Astros renewed the contract with Clemens and traded two minor league prospects to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for left-handed hitter Aubrey Huff.

On July 26, 2006, the United States government renewed the contract with ICANN for performance of the IANA function for an additional one to five years.

The parties entered into a contract dispute before the 1980 season, and when negotiations lasted into spring training, the Padres renewed Smith's contract at his 1979 salary of $ 72, 500 Angered by the Padres ' attitude during those contract talks, Gottlieb took out a help-wanted ad in the San Diego Union, part of which read, " Padre baseball player wants part-time employment to supplement income.

Though Kotite did lead the Eagles to one playoff victory against the New Orleans Saints during the 1992 season, his contract was not renewed after a disastrous 1994 season in which the Eagles went 7 – 9, losing their last seven games after starting the season 7 – 2.

After ten seasons, manager Dusty Baker did not have his contract renewed.

By April 1927, the Big Five studios ( First National, Paramount, MGM, Universal, and Producers Distributing ) had put the Warner brothers in financial ruin, and Western Electric renewed Warner's Vitaphone contract with terms that allowed other film companies to test sound.

However, the NFL, in part because Fox had not yet established itself as a major network, renewed its contract with ABC.

Macmillan's contract ended in 1880, and wasn't renewed.

* On December 4, 2008, about 11 newsroom employees were laid-off, with one sports columnist, Mike Downey, having departed several weeks earlier when his contract was not renewed.

Nevertheless, Shearer's contract was renewed for six films at $ 150, 000 each.

Universal Studios renewed her contract for three months, and she appeared in a small role in Waterloo Bridge ( 1931 ) before being lent to Columbia Pictures for The Menace and to Capital Films for Hell's House ( all 1932 ).

In late 2006, Wilson saw his contract not renewed, due to many reasons.

After Game 3 which was a 6-1 loss, Murray blasted his team in a closed-door meeting and then described to the media that the Flyers were in a " choking situation ", a remark which angered his players and likely cost Murray his job as his contract was not renewed.

The team announced on April 20 that the contract for General Manager Craig Patrick would not be renewed.

When her contract was not renewed, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( MGM ) gave her a small but significant part in the film Three Little Words ( 1950 ), then signed her to a seven-year contract.