‘They’re not renewing his contract.’
‘What contract?’
‘His Permanent Contract, of course.’ Permanence, at the Organization, was viewed in blocks of five years, and a Permanent Contract was subject to quinquennial review.

Shirley Hazzard, People in glass houses (p.14)
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