Word: quo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Black Sea, is now trying to make Yugoslavia her vassal and Mediterranean outlet. German interests have thus come into conflict with the Italian dream of a "Mare Nostrum"; and a direct result of this clash has been the French Agreement which aims to maintain the present "status quo" in the Mediterranean...
...related descendants have honored the family tradition. Not long after William succeeded his late cousin Howard (son of George) as president, a family faction had him sidetracked to the chairmanship on the grounds that he was getting old. Then one faction urged modernizing the store; another wanted the status quo. In 1935 a 45-year-old, high-pressure executive named Victor Hugo Hamf was finally hired. He spent $10,000 on a "Hostess Shop," hired younger salespeople, revised the bookkeeping. But streamlining Charles & Co. was like streamlining a horse and buggy; it did not take...
...Fascists' main advantage, he says, lies in the inertia of democratic leaders who tend to live "on the yield of their ancestors' conquests," are prone to be morally defeated before the fight begins. After a big crisis from which there is no return to the status quo, these leaders cannot hold power and Socialists are too timid or too weak to take it. Says the Cynic: Mr. W., there's your chance...
...test with questions on 60 controversial issues), Professor Nelson went to the horse's mouth, examined students on 18 campuses-four State universities, 14 denominational colleges-mostly in the Middle West. Sample issues raised: capitalism, communism, divorce, free trade, race toleration. Students who favored maintaining the status quo were rated "conservative," those who favored moderate changes were "liberal," extremists were "reactionary" or "radical." Last week Dr. Nelson reported that some conservatives have been losing sleep unnecessarily. Chief findings...
...dream of an axis from "Berlin to Bagdad." In its relative size on the map of trouble this Nazi threat has its place. So have portions of Africa about which there may soon be attempted trading. *Obviously if Nazis will not trade, if experience shows a valid quid pro quo is impossible in the long run, then the Democracies, now rearming and able to rearm relatively faster than Germany and Italy, will have to fight the Second World War later...