Bruce Springsteen hired him in the 1970s to break a contract with Michael Appel, then his manager.

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The Heat signed Varnado to a guaranteed contract in late January but if the Heat win the NBA championship this season, they'll break a D-League jinx: A team that has signed a Development League call-up to a guaranteed contract during the NBA season has never gone on to win a title in the same year.

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In his 20s and 30s he attempted to break into the music industry and had some success, securing a contract with a recording company as a singer and keyboard player.

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Philips is asking to break Morgans' management contract in the suit, which was filed in a state court in New York and is currently in discovery.

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"I didn't make a decision because I have a contract and more than that, because in football people break contracts when they want to, is the respect I have for the club and the president, " he told a press conference.

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Football's governing body handed out a ban until 2011 after they found the Blues guilty of inducing Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens in 2007.

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Weir will sign a one-year contract later this week when he returns to Murray Park following the summer break.

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Punj Lloyd got its first overseas break as a sub-contractor to PT Trihasra Bimanusa Tunggal, an Indonesian firm with Suharto family ties that had the contract to build a 130-mile pipeline for Pertamina, the state-owned petroleum firm.

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