Last week, of course, Kit Harington supposedly gave an interview to a Belgian magazine called Humo, wherein he supposedly claimed he'd be under contract for "a while" -- supposedly into his 30s -- and everyone took that to mean Jon Snow will be back, in some form or another.
And if unions could strike when their contracts expired, airlines would be under constant threat of walkouts, making life even more unpredictable for passengers.
He also mentioned beforehand that he was not supposed to be on the show that night, also declaring that he would no longer be under contract with WWE in a couple of days.
By contrast, under the proposed compromise, health plans would be run, under contract with the government, by private insurers like Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Aetna, Humana and UnitedHealth.
Production would be done under contract with a brewery in Utica, in upstate New York.
Howard would have been under contract with the Lakers until the end of the 2017-18 season.
The country's oil industry would be developed under contracts awarded to large multinational companies, he said.
"She'd only been under contract for six years," Wilder said later, with one of his dry grins.
They may indeed need divine intervention — and more — as they begin another postseason with the futures of their marquee stars, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, in doubt, and their coach refusing to say he would return, despite being under contract for three more years.
