In February 1610, Salisbury proposed a scheme, known as the Great Contract, whereby Parliament, in return for ten royal concessions, would grant a lump sum of £600,000 to pay off the king's debts plus an annual grant of £200,000.
At the time of transaction, Rudolph told Strom, "(Deputy Commissioner) Carl [Scheer], (NBA Commissioner) Walter [Kennedy], and I were prepared to offer you guys the greatest contract in the history of pro basketball".
The abortive Great Contract, and the death of Cecil in 1612, marked the turning point of James's reign; he was never to have another chief minister who was so experienced and so powerful.
But if O'Connor was alive today, I'm not saying the teachers would have a great contract, but at least we'd be at the table".
He then set about reducing the crown's rising debt, but he could neither temper James's extravagant spending nor convince him to accept his proposal the Great Contract of 1610 that the House of Commons grant the crown a fixed yearly sum in return for the abolition of certain feudal dues.
The Ambassadors deal "wasn't a great contract, but I love to play basketball and working with kids, so I signed it," said Jackson, who said he never signed anything committing him to return to the Ambassadors.
"The contract I currently have is a great contract.
The franchising timetable up to 2015 shows that the Great Western contract, owned by FirstGroup, expires in April 2013, followed by the London-to-Southend Thameside route in May, the FirstGroup-controlled Thameslink franchise in September and the prestigious London-to-Edinburgh London-to-Edinburgh London-to-Edinburgh
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The great social contract theorists – Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Kant – all held that for a political order to be legitimate it had to be agreed upon by or justified for each person.
In satires like "The Great Beef Contract," he mocked incompetent federal employees appointed under the spoils system.
