1.   There is no inherent power to take an action, or exercise a power, which has not been created by a rule or other contract provision.

2.   As its opening position, Microsoft offered more modest proposals last week, including the elimination of certain restrictive contract provisions for computer manufacturers and Internet companies.

3.   A better alternative, Heidings said, is a contract provision that provides the contractor with a percentage of collections and no minimum guarantees.

4.   A contract provision allowed purchasers to assign their interest and debt to others.

5.   A new contract provision exempts teachers from cafeteria duty and replaces them with newly hired aides.

6.   By law, unions must represent everyone under their jurisdiction, so the UPS wage increases and other contract provisions apply to everyone covered.

7.   Details of the contract emerged in a compendium of contract provisions prepared by the union as labor negotiations accelerated in Canada and the United States Monday.

8.   If the House concurs, those matters would be contract provisions subject to negotiation.

9.   In New York, the doctors contended that United Healthcare had lowered their fees in violation of contract provisions.

10.   In union negotiations, TWA is pushing to eliminate contract provisions requiring the airline to keep the base open.