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Writers could return Wednesday


February 11, 2008 Once the strike is lifted, the WGA West and WGA East would conduct more conventional membership votes on ratifying their proposed new three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. The timeline for lifting the strike should allow the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to use WGA writers in time to help out on its Feb. 24 Oscar telecast -- but just barely. The WGA's tentative contract features terms much like those in the recently secured DGA contract, which is out for a ratification vote through Feb. 20.

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