Or is this another example of literary backscratching?. From Wordnik.com. [2008 August 07 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
So serious mutual backscratching is the order of the day. From Wordnik.com. ["An Awkward Plea."] Reference
To read more examples of backscratching by authors, click here. From Wordnik.com. [2009 October 09 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
We just contract it out to our backscratching mercenaries overseas. From Wordnik.com. [Obama On Torture « Lean Left] Reference
I normally post examples of literary backscratching without comment. From Wordnik.com. [2008 May 19 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
Janice Harayada of One-Minute Book Reviews examines backscratching in our time. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Edition: 10-3 « A Progressive on the Prairie] Reference
Inbound links are no measure of quality when obtained via mutual backscratching. From Wordnik.com. [Is the Labour Blogosphere About to Take Off?] Reference
I also rule out fellow author reviews that I consider to be mutual backscratching. From Wordnik.com. [Reviews and commentaries] Reference
But none of that was really a problem, it was all backscratching business as usual. From Wordnik.com. [Farthing] Reference
Or, once Networked into the Elites, a discrete form of mutual backscratching works. From Wordnik.com. [What do we know about Barack Obama, the "community organizer"?] Reference
While I was backscratching him, he basically ignored me and talked to Ang and Calli and that. From Wordnik.com. [sierrazen Diary Entry] Reference
There's some mutual backscratching between the DLG and aforementioned xtracycle manufacturers. From Wordnik.com. [the fine line between cool and tacky] Reference
Because journalism in Washington is a fetid swamp of conflicting interests and backscratching. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference
A typical tale of corporate backscratching hurting the little guy who challenged the oligarchs. From Wordnik.com. [Sean Dix, The American Dream, And Justice (Floss At Your Own Risk) | Disinformation] Reference
You can find other examples of literary backscratching in the backscratching in Our Time category. From Wordnik.com. [2009 April 17 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
There will be a real tendency to just go along, not to mention the danger of mutual backscratching. From Wordnik.com. [Textbook Pricing, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
She is a major corporate lawyer and I believe this is just yet another backscratching moment in history. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » William Kristol on Miers pick:] Reference
I like it better when inside jokes and backscratching are written in subtly enough that an outsider doesnt notice them. From Wordnik.com. [Trash-Talking and the Weeklies at cvillenews.com] Reference
Does this not in fact reflect a huge principal-agent problem with a lot of quid pro quo backscratching of CEOs of each other?. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Graham on the Distribution of Income, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Wealth added, but under the Corporatist "mutual backscratching" Club, the actual contributors to wealth gain have been screwed. From Wordnik.com. ["The domestic issues Mr. Obama ran and won on — health care, education, climate change, rebalancing the distribution of wealth..."] Reference
Here, it's important to be honest; I think readers of these electronic missives can smell backscratching as opposed to sincerity. From Wordnik.com. [Stand by Me: How We Can Help Each Other] Reference
Transportation policy is an area where cronyism and backscratching also has a rich history, so it is something to pay attention to. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Richardsonmania] Reference
Then, if the job actually manages to get off the ground, it ends up like “The Big Dig” – a cesspool of backscratching and corruption. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Yes They Can] Reference
Nepotism and backscratching are going to run wild. From Wordnik.com. [ENVIRONMENTAL REPUBLICAN] Reference
Isn't this type of 'mutual backscratching' illegal?. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Watch] Reference
That doesn't cover dodgy backscratching agreements. From Wordnik.com. [THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF MORTIMER] Reference
Think of the consumption good as being backscratching services. From Wordnik.com. [Worthwhile Canadian Initiative] Reference
The price of backscratching services is exogenous (or slow to adjust). From Wordnik.com. [Worthwhile Canadian Initiative] Reference
In any case, awards are a mutual-backscratching operation between the elite. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
Corruption and mutual backscratching has been a way of life in those countries for centuries. From Wordnik.com. ["MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader] Reference
(The whole thing ended up paying off even more handsomely, probably thanks to more conservative movement backscratching.). From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
That doesn’t cover dodgy backscratching agreements. From Wordnik.com. [Confirmed: Iraq Inquiry toothless] Reference
Wouldn’t be surprised if Madonna had engaged in this backscratching. From Wordnik.com. [Backscratching in Our Time — Gloria Steinem and J. Courtney Sullivan « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
I think it's backscratching. From Wordnik.com. [Crying??!!!] Reference
And it's not about backscratching but trust. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Justice] Reference
Reciprocal backscratching. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Landrieu *HEARTS* Babs Boxer - Vladimir’s blog - RedState] Reference
It's about kingmaking and backscratching. From Wordnik.com. [WNYMedia] Reference
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