61.   I thought I found a home in Portland when I signed the big contract with them.

62.   I was very involved when we signed Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio to their big contracts, and I was involved in the negotiations with Darryl Kile last year.

63.   If Malone figured he could get something by trading Carlos Perez, there would have been no big contract to poison a deal.

64.   If you sign one guy to one big contract, what good does it do if you have to let four or five good players go?

65.   If he does not land with a team where he could win right away, Karl is certain to earn a big contract.

66.   In one corner is Mike Piazza, the one-time cornerstone with big numbers and the big contract.

67.   It also won a five-year renewal of a big contract with the Navy.

68.   It announced it had won a big contract to supply Citibank with software for electronic commerce.

69.   It is difficult to gauge the impact of a big contract, of not playing a lot of minutes, of the glare of the NBA life.

70.   It is unlikely the school will fire him and eat his big contract.