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I doubt you could catch any of these people negotiating a quid-pro-quo if you could tap their phones and read their all their email.
Stadium switcheroo -- must the construction go out for bid now? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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And, yes, Sam the Tram really did quid-pro-quo a the general's pothole in exchange for serving on the "Historian" panel.
Eat what you kill -- but at City Hall? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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If the conduct Jill Biden described were criminal, then no candidate for executive office (and as far as I can tell, this statute covers all candidates, from federal to state to local) could ever have discussions with a potential appointee before the election, because then it might be construed to be a quid-pro-quo.
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That is NOT the purpose of that convention; it is not a quid-pro-quo between the two warring parties so their respective prisoners will be treated well, atrocities against civilians be damned.
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It was later revealed that the bombings were part of a quid-pro-quo between the Iranian regime and Washington.
Hajar Mojtahedzadeh: The Real Face of Realpolitik: Camp Ashraf and the U.S. FTO Hajar Mojtahedzadeh 2011
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They violated the very core principles of the US Constitution by rewarding failure, implementing quid-pro-quo paybacks to their special interest groups, and disadvantaging private companies they didn't hand money out to.
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It's hard to see what benefit accrues to the public (as opposed to, say, Disney) from these restrictions on older works decades after the copyright terms originally offered as a quid-pro-quo for their creation have expired.
Lessig on Copyright, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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However, the new measures, which are seen as a quid-pro-quo for further assistance, have also met stiff resistance in Greece.
Greek PM Renews Call for Consensus Alkman Granitsas 2011
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Since a copyright term is a quid-pro-quo for a creative work, once it has expired after due enforcement (for 56 or 95 or however-many years) the work is properly regarded as bought and paid for.
Lessig on Copyright, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It was later revealed that the bombings were part of a quid-pro-quo between the Iranian regime and Washington.
Hajar Mojtahedzadeh: The Real Face of Realpolitik: Camp Ashraf and the U.S. FTO Hajar Mojtahedzadeh 2011
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