He was the first American to have a full-season factory contract in the series since its inception in 1984.

"They would simply put some big American contracts in the fridge," a western diplomat said.

Already, several major American contracts are traded internationally.

Standard American contracts make rejection easy, although agents often negotiate better terms for some writers.

Near the end of 1918, he received three offers of lucrative American contracts.

When executives insist on making thousands of times more money than workers in order to feel rewarded, the peculiar American social contract is undermined.

"A last-minute problem with an American contract."

Her poor health caused her to be hospitalized, during which she became convinced to give up her American contract.

American contracts, which require three 20-minute breaks, whittled the recording time to 8 hours.

G.M. hopes to moderate some of those provisions in its next American contract to cut labor costs.