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- noun Anything that
reopens .
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The section is known as the "reopener" provision, and, for the moment at least, it has reopened questions about Exxon Mobil's continuing obligations and the government's efforts - or lack thereof - to hold the company accountable.
NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM YARDLEY 2011
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BP may also try to insist that any government settlements not carry onerous "reopener" provisions that allow regulators to seek additional payments for latent problems.
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BP may also try to insist that any government settlements not carry onerous "reopener" provisions that allow regulators to seek additional payments for latent problems.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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The university also offered a "reopener" clause that would allow for salary increases after two years depending on the state's economy.
Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal 2009
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The university also offered a "reopener" clause that would allow for salary increases after two years depending on the state's economy.
Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal 2009
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The university also offered a "reopener" clause that would allow for salary increases after two years depending on the state's economy.
Honolulu Business News - Local Honolulu News | Pacific Business News of Honolulu 2009
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The owners voted in 2008 to exercise a reopener clause and end the current labor deal, completed in 2006, two years early.
NFL attorney: Players' union wants a lockout Leonard Bernstein 2011
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In 2006, the U.S. and Alaska governments invoked the "reopener clause" in the settlement and billed Exxon for $92 million to cover the cost of removing larger-than-expected amounts of crude oil that remained on beaches near Valdez in Prince William Sound.
Judge Orders Exxon, Governments to Resolve Valdez Spill Claim Cassandra Sweet 2011
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The owners voted in 2008 to exercise a reopener clause and end the current labor deal two years early because of their displeasure with the 2006 settlement, in which approximately 60 percent of designated league revenues went to the players under the salary cap system.
NFL, union have productive meeting on 18-game season Mark Maske 2010
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The owners voted in 2008 to exercise a reopener clause and end the current labor deal two years early because of their displeasure with the 2006 settlement, in which approximately 60 percent of designated league revenues went to the players under the salary cap system.
NFL, union have productive meeting on 18-game season Mark Maske 2010
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