In September 2009 he signed a new 12-month rolling contract and took on the title of manager rather than first-team coach.

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The Ninth Circuit rejected this, holding that the key test is whether as a matter of contract the software provider retained title.

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The title story, of a man who tried to hold God to a contract, had echoes of both the Book of Job and, more distinctly, of the parables of the Talmud and Midrash.

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