51.   He, too, is directing his first national labor contract.

52.   He said a new labor contract would not bar an election.

53.   He said there might be some advantages to not being part of Lincoln Center, like flexibility in labor contracts.

54.   However, a potential obstacle to the continued growth of any of the major airline offshoots is labor contracts.

55.   If he did, the pilots would be required to fly while a presidential emergency board drew up a labor contract.

56.   If a government-backed loan does not arrive by Wednesday, the company will ask a bankruptcy judge to end its labor contract.

57.   In addition to the downturn, airlines have been hit hard by high fuel prices and new labor contracts that will raise their costs.

58.   In Canada, unionized workers are prevented by law from striking before labor contracts expire.

59.   In many instances, labor contracts specify the amount of time maintenance workers have to do a job, provisions that officials say often have little connection with reality.

60.   It also strongly suggested that the city would try to release the new operators from the terms of current labor contracts.