Word: quids
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...times, the Palestinians almost seem determined to keep that cause lost. A year ago, President Carter first spoke of U.S. support for a Palestinian "homeland." This was a considerable achievement, the best the Palestinians have ever had in 30 years of warfare, but they failed to respond. The quid pro quo in American eyes was Palestinian recognition of Israel's right to exist, something that Arafat and other "moderate" Palestinian leaders wanted to do. However, there was too much pressure to the contrary from more radical P.L.O. members like Marxist George Habash...
Europeans are so eager for America to defend the dollar, Triffin argues, that they would willingly make the additional loans. Indeed, he believes that in return for propping the dollar, America could extract a quid pro quo, notably persuading the reluctant West Germans and Japanese to expand their economies in order to enhance world recovery. "It is in the interest of all governments to intervene to lift the dollar," Triffin says persuasively. "The problem simply cannot be left to the tender mercies of the speculators...
Long won a close race for majority whip, and when Olin Johnston died the following year, he got the desk back as well. He has not had to swap it since. But that is not to say he would not ? if the quid were worth the quo. Russell Long has raised the art of political horse trading to the highest level in living congressional memory. An unabashed wheeler-dealer, he scratches backs with a fine, silken stroke, then calls in his debts with a firm arm twist. He also repays his own lous with interest. "I gave Russell...
...base for further struggle against Israel. Time and again, P.L.O. leaders, including Yasser Arafat, have said they would settle for a Palestinian entity on any Arab territory given up by Israel-implying a willingness to coexist, albeit reluctantly, with the Jewish state. To promise more without getting a quid pro quo would be difficult for Arafat, who has a diffused and unwieldy constituency to satisfy...
...There is some evidence," Heimann's report concluded, "tending to support the view that, but for the correspondent accounts, the loans would not have been made." Heimann noted, however, that such a quid pro quo is not of itself illegal. It must also be shown that the Fulton bank received benefits from Calhoun's interest-free deposit. In this case, Heimann found that Fulton's services to Lance's bank actually cost more than the revenues from the Calhoun money...