But there's a trap in the making: In the name of compromise, Labor's allies may drop card check, demanding in return provisions that could achieve most of Big Labor's expansionary goals.

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The players contended that the NFL left money on the table in negotiating the television contracts in return for provisions allowing for the NFL to receive full payment in the event of a lockout.

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The time between drafting and being translated into a return for those provisions could be more than a decade.

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The requirement to file an annual return would not seem to be one of the more iffy provisions in the Tax Code, especially since Snipes made millions of dollars during each of the three years of non-filing for which he was convicted.

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Another mall is stocked with golden fleeces and holy grails (all priced just out of reach), another has no parking lot ("Would-be shoppers drive around it for hours ... allow themselves to be entertained by their car radios, snack on whatever provisions they have brought with them, and then return home").

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In a strange twist, the only CBA star who is currently making plans to return to the NBA this season is Chinese citizen Yi Jianlian, who isn't subject to the same restrictive provisions in his contract.

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