"This contract- with everything coming apart at the seams-does it really mean anything?"

"But this contract means that they'll only have a net loss of 200,000."

But the contract will also mean slashing the budget for sabbaticals.

But the new contract, a one-year agreement renewable for four additional years, means there could be American government involvement until at least 2011.

His contract means that Washington's loved ones will never have to live in darkness.

For Plattsburgh, the contract means more than jobs and money.

For Gabriels.net, a privately owned company, the contract could mean millions of dollars in fees.

His contract meant he was now signed through the 1980 season.

A contract between unequal partners means domination by one party on the other, he said in a statement.

Financial analysts and the union disagree that the contract will mean bankruptcy for many hospitals.