1.   If that kind of demand does not change, the price of the November contract can be expected to soon catch up with that of the expired October contract.

2.   It can also strip striking teachers of benefits provided by the expired contract, like health insurance.

3.   Most news reports contain but a throwaway line about this, as though an expired contract were insignificant.

4.   They will remain in the Blue Cross network until the end of that period, working under the terms of the expired contracts.

5.   In the public sector, expired contracts remain in effect until a new one has been ratified.

6.   The expired contract will remain in effect as long as the talks progress.

7.   Under federal law, the terms of the expired contract had remained in place.

8.   During the negotiations, the CSO has continued to buy Russian gems under the expired contract.