Employment Agreement

Exhibit (10)(i)(A)(i)


EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT made at Cleveland, Ohio, this ______ day of ____________, 19____ , by and between AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation (herein called the "Corporation") and ______________________________ (herein called "Employee").


In consideration of the covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:


1. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Corporation shall employ Employee
as on officer of the Corporation, either elected by the Board of
Directors or appointed by the Executive Committee, or as an officer of
a subsidiary company with such duties and responsibilities as may be
assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors or the
Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and
Employee shall devote his full business time and attention and give his
best efforts to the business affairs of the Corporation and/or of such
of its subsidiaries as the Board of Directors or the Executive
Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may from time to
time determine. Employee recognizes that in serving as an officer of
the Corporation or as an officer of a subsidiary he serves in such
capacity solely at the pleasure of the Board of Directors or the
Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and
that his employment in such capacity or in any other capacity may be
terminated at any time by the Board of Directors or the Executive
Committee of the Corporation.


2. The Corporation or a subsidiary shall, during the term of this
Employment Agreement, pay to Employee as


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