Sentences with word «backscratching»

And less direct agendas like providing «creative» jobs in New York to the children of the wealthy, being associated with «important» artists, backscratching Ivy League schools, simple snobbery in favor of literary fiction, etc.) They also have other corporate interests they might want to promote, like certain products unrelated to publishing, or even corporate agendas.

Albany's insular, mutual backscratching, public policy community led to this book's ethical failings — but that shouldn't deter readers.

Before, larger and smaller member states did deals with much horse - trading and backscratching — not always nice to watch but inclusive.