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good offices

–noun
1. influence, esp. with a person in a position of power: He got the job through the good offices of his uncle.
2. services rendered by a mediator in a dispute.

Origin:
1900–05
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good offices  
pl.n.  Beneficial acts performed for another, especially acts performed by a mediator in a dispute.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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