contract
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AALA’s tentative contract calls for raises of more than 11% for the LAUSD’s 3,000 principals, assistant principals and middle managers — a lower percentage increase than SEIU’s 24% and UTLA’s 14%.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
To prepare for negotiating a new contract, Nichols studied the existing one.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
The band also backed Mickie Hennessey, who later turned a Sen-penned song into a professional singing contract in South Africa.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
In other words, a federal contract doesn’t have to expressly specify that a contractor perform an action for it to be covered by the removal statute.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
We got home from California to learn that the publisher had canceled his contract, sending word through his literary agent that Barack was now on the hook to pay back his $40,000 advance.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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