A doctor who had been helping sick people in my community - even when public hospitals were closed - contracted the virus and died.
And a parallel between contracts and closed deals lends credence to that assertion.
They also used closed sales, not signed contracts, as their yardstick.
Under certain physiological conditions, the muscle does not produce any mechanical power in spite of active cross-bridge cycles, such as during isometric contractions (without length changes), equivalent to isovolumetric contraction in a cardiac muscle contracting against closed valves.
It has closed manufacturing plants, hired contract manufacturers to build laptops and laid off a large number of workers.
Because personnel costs make up the vast majority of the core budget, what happens behind closed doors in the contract negotiations could factor as heavily on the bottom line as the coming Council debate over the sacred cows Emanuel is trying to slay.
In some instances, local realty boards were asked to provide statistics on contracts rather than closed deals because, while they are less firm, contracts provide a more current snapshot of the market.
Opponents of water privatization contend that water systems should be run by citizen boards, rather than multinational firms or even state bureaucrats, and that water contracts negotiated behind closed doors exemplify the worst aspects of public-private partnerships.
Jeffrey G. Otteau, president of the company that bears his name, analyzes numbers of signed contracts rather than closed sales, as most multiple listing services do, because they present a more timely read on market conditions.
