The Yankees wanted Giambi's awesome offense so much, they guaranteed him that he would routinely play a position where his lack of mobility and unreliable hands are a detriment.
Then the mill owners came back with a promise: The mill was reopening, and if he dropped the truck driver training and came back to work, they would guarantee him five years of employment.
The first was held in 1970; the second, in 1987; and together they seemed to guarantee him an exalted and unshakable place in the story of modern art.
The golden hello was described as a "disgrace" by thinktank Compass, while Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott said taxpayers would be "appalled they have to guarantee him £5,000 each day just for turning up at the office for the next three years".
Parker said yesterday that he left the Chiefs because they could not guarantee him a starting position and could not offer the amount of money under the salary cap that the Giants were willing to pay.
That these reporters would never have heard a peep from Deep Throat were they not able to guarantee him, and their other sources, that their identities would be held in strictest confidence.
Although Mr. Karzai and his inner circle backed a number of candidates, it is so far unclear whether they did well enough to guarantee him the 130 seats he sought — enough to be sure of a majority on important issues.
The Mets no longer have the services of the versatile left-handed pitcher Hisanori Takahashi, who provided one of the few pleasant surprises for the team in 2010, in part because they were not willing to guarantee him a two-year contract worth roughly $4 million per season.
The grocer's silent concession, Havel wrote, is "one of the thousands of details that guarantee him a relatively tranquil life 'in harmony with society,' as they say".
I couldn't guarantee him that".
"Kill him and you guarantee him immortality".
