A brief history of labor relations between the producers and the writers. Sample: From then on [1955, when fragmented groups of writers consolidated into Writers Guild West and Writers Guild East], the WGA’s history is largely a series of strikes or threatened strikes, each of which resulted in the establishment of some new right or …

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By popular demand (well, Peter’s comment down here), here’s your one-stop shop for the baseball awards for 2007. All the usual suspects are there: MVP for each league (AL: Alex Rodriguez, NL: Jimmy Rollins), Rookie of the Year for each league (Dustin Pedroia in the AL, Ryan Braun in the NL), Cy Young (C.C. Sabathia, …

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