Word: quids
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko has been concerned. He made an early visit to the Vatican after John Paul was elected to size up the new Polish Pope. John Paul may prove a hard bargainer, much more likely than Paul VI to demand quid pro quo for Vatican good will and to hold the Communist world to its word thereafter. Gromyko was recently quoted in the Italian press as fearing that the Pope's visit would have "the same effect on the masses as the Ayatullah Khomeini had in Iran...
...Kennedy School maintains this was not a quid pro quo. Jackson said, "Having the view of the private sector is indispensable for public debate of the energy crisis...
...Britons have been deported to work in German factories. A puppet government is ensconced in Westminster, but the Nazis jackboot the country as roughly as they ran occupied France. In Britain, too, there is a tough Resistance movement, as well as profiteers who will provide any quo for a quid...
Thirdly, in our society, it is generally understood that the quid pro quo for philanthropy is immortality. Furthermore, Steiner asserts, the University considers these commemorations as bestowing gratitude, not honor. A two-volume, 1000-page book entitled The Endowment Funds of Harvard University lists thousands of funds, big or small, that were automatically named after the man with the money, good or evil...
...Mail to control news from the hospital. Embarrassed, regional health authorities ordered that any bulletins be given to all comers. Sniffed Guardian Editor Peter Preston: "The research, the doctors, the hospital-all were funded by the taxpayer. It's as if the Prime Minister said, 'For 350 quid I'll give you a private briefing...