Word: quo
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...simple. Two years ago, as Cantabrigians headed to the polls on Election Day, observers predicted an easy victory for all nine City Council incumbents.That’s just the way things work in Cambridge: barring any radical developments, voters tend to stick with the political status quo. But by the end of the night, all bets were off. After the first-place votes had been tallied, mouths hung agape in the Cambridge Senior Center, where the city’s political classes gather every two years for the ballot count. Sitting in eighth place—ahead...
...Secondly, Republicans are hobbled as they head into 2006. "The status quo nationally is bad for Republicans-they need to break the psychology that '06 is going to be a very bad year," said political analyst Stuart Rothenberg. "They needed some good news, and they didn't get it." The results fueled Democratic hopes for a takeover of one or both houses of Congress, although the small number of races in play makes Democratic strategists doubt that is feasible. The off-year governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey tend to be overstated as omens for the following midterm elections...
...cost and time estimates.But on Friday, the focus was on Knafel, a managing partner at investment firm SRK Management. University President Lawrence H. Summers credited him with helping create a center to confront global issues and foster greater communication.“There is never a quid pro quo whenever Sid Knafel is concerned,” Summers said in remarks delivered in the Knafel Building’s modern atrium, a blend of curved and straight lines. “Generations of students and faculty owe an immense debt of gratitude to Sid Knafel.”Knafel said...
...Work-Life Policy suggests that companies are generally unaware of hidden biases connected to the traditional white corporate world. The study raises a broader, difficult question that corporations are only beginning to deal with: As minority employees rise in the workplace, should they learn to deal with the status quo, or do corporations need to change to accommodate and acknowledge their employees' different cultures, backgrounds and needs...
...This difference of interpretation has cropped up elsewhere in Gordon’s campaign. The candidate has irked city officials and observers alike with a series of glossy flyers and pamphlets lambasting the municipal status quo. Some say not all of Gordon’s claims hold water...