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  • If one starts with the assumption that, in the absence of specific Congressional authority, a fixed rule of law precludes contracting officers from providing in a Government contract terms reasonably calculated to assure its performance even though there be no money loss through a particular default, there is no problem. But answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question, and thereby begging the real one.

    "Priebe & Sons., Inc. v. United States, 332 U.S. 407". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. November 17, 1947.
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