The contract does not set performance standards for the company to meet, and to people interested in the experiment, the question of accountability is troubling.

In general, the contract had set staff ratios at eight patients per nurse during the day, and 12 at night.

Its contracts often set the pattern for other hospitals in the region.

"This contract sets a new standard for working people across the nation."

The contracts also set benefits for 390,000 retirees and surviving spouses.

This contract usually set a standard which the other companies adhered to.

Historically, that first contract sets a pattern for other unions.

Riley's contract with the Heat set the guidelines for his own.

Instead the contract sets a goal of returning to 1980 productivity levels, but leaves the means to future talks.

And yet, a six-year, $60 million contract with the Saints sets them apart.