Word: quos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Quo Vadis...
...sure prescription for efficiency in Washington, but it was a good way for Dwight Eisenhower and his key men to get a solid briefing on the bureaucracy. The only other sources of such information are the departing bureaucrats, who are inevitably prejudiced in favor of the status quo...
...doodling pad, Australian Prime Minister Menzies put the problem thus: With singular agility And technical facility We seek convertibility Which means (I'll have you know) A quid for every quo...
...Maintain the status quo and go on hoping for an armistice. This would leave 30% of U.S. Army combat strength tied up in defending a 145-mile front across Korea's middle, would allow the enemy to build up his reserves without having to expend them any faster than he sees fit, and capable of launching an attack at will...
Republicans-and a lot of Democrats -greeted the appointments enthusiastically. Particularly well received: Wilson, Brownell. European reaction to the Dulles appointment was predictably jittery, because European diplomats fear Dulles may be too "dynamic," upset the good old status quo and pay more attention to Asia than to Europe...