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• n  becoming infected
  the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic
• v  enter into a contractual arrangement
• v  engage by written agreement
• v  squeeze or press together
• v  be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
• v  become smaller or draw together
• v  make smaller
• v  compress or concentrate
• v  make or become more narrow or restricted
• v  reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• Greenhouse, a top contracting specialist for the Army Corps of Engineers, grew increasingly concerned that they were privy to internal discussions of the contract's terms, so .

• catching
• contract
• undertake
• sign
• sign on
• sign up
• compress
• constrict
• squeeze
• compact
• press
• take
• get
• shrink
• condense
• concentrate
• narrow
• abridge
• foreshorten
• abbreviate
• shorten
• cut
• reduce

• stretch
• expand
• widen

News & Articles

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• Bronx Mental Health Redevelopment and Children’s Center Project Awarded to J. Kokolakis Contracting, Inc.
  J. Kokolakis Contracting, Inc. has announced that construction is well underway on the new $76 million Bronx Mental Health Redevelopment and Children’s Center campus for the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), Bronx Psychiatric Center, and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY). (PRWeb June 23, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6 ...
  June 23, 2013 - PRWeb
• Business Longreads for the Week of June 22, 2013
  From the profit machine of government contracting to the lucrative post-politics career of Obama campaign staffers, The Daily Beast brings you the best in business and finance journalism from the week of June 22, 2013.
  June 23, 2013 - Newsweek
• First of five government contracting seminars to be held for small business owners on June 26
  The courses are part of a new cycle of PTAC's five-part certification series that is designed to provide businesses with the knowledge necessary to participate in government contracting.
  June 21, 2013 - The Flint Journal

Quotes

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• Ben Bernanke in Wall Street Journal
  Fears of financial collapse have receded substantially,Mr. Bernanke said at the Federal Reserve's annual retreat at Jackson Hole, Wyo. "After contracting sharply over the past year, economic activity appears to be leveling out, both in the...
• Barack Obama in Chicago Sun-Times
  The challenge is clear. The global economy is contracting,Obama said.