Performance expectations are the heart of the contract between management, the board, and investors.

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The minister said that at the heart of the new contract would be a requirement to engage with the local community to help shape and influence the future of cross Forth transport.

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Yet there is an unwritten contract at its heart: that the winners shall use some of their wealth to compensate the losers.

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Normally, orderly waves of electric activity pass through the cardiac tissue, causing the heart muscle to contract.

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