Word: paybacks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many fronts, it was easy to see the offer of aid as a reward for good behavior. Both Baker and Bush were at pains to deny any quid pro quo, especially for Soviet cooperation in the gulf crisis. "None of the measures today are in any sense a payback," Baker insisted, thereby fueling suspicion in the act of disputing it. There was no denying that Soviet cooperation has been essential in keeping the pressure on Iraq -- by voting for sanctions, supporting the United Nations resolution permitting the use of force, and last week delaying a U.N. vote endorsing a Middle...
...payback time for the Harvard field hockey team...
...financial incentives are becoming more evident," Vautin says, "because energy and water conservation have a real payback, the hurdle of getting people to think about it is not as high...
Admittedly, the payback is yet to come; Kohl's chauvinistic propensity to go it alone has continued unabated. But by publicly ignoring the Chancellor's diplomatic free-lancing, Bush and Baker hope for greater influence down the road. Throwing America's weight around, they reason, could only make the transition to a Europe inevitably dominated by a united Germany even more difficult to manage. In another time, a similar posture was called appeasement. So far, at least, the Bush-Baker policy can be viewed as smart politics, as another effort -- to borrow Baker's words -- toward trying to get allies...